Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

ABSTRACT

The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. LDPC coding is performed based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16 or 12/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, and the check matrix includes an information matrix corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix corresponding to the parity bits. The information matrix is represented by a check matrix initial value table. The check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix on the basis of 360 columns and is a predetermined table. The present technique can be applied to, for example, data transmission using the LDPC code.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method, and particularly, to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorable communication quality in, for example, data transmission using an LDPC code.

BACKGROUND ART

An LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code exhibits high error correction capability, and in recent years, the LDPC code is widely adopted in a transmission system of digital broadcasting and the like, such as DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)-S.2, DVB-T.2, and DVB-C.2 of Europe and the like and ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) 3.0 of the U.S.A. and the like (for example, see NPL 1).

It has been found in the study of recent years that by increasing the code length, the LDPC code can exhibit performance close to the Shannon limit, as in a turbo code and the like. In addition, the LDPC code is characterized in that the minimum distance is in proportion to the code length, and the block error rate characteristics are excellent. The LDPC code is also advantageous in that there is almost no so-called error floor phenomenon observed in the decoding characteristics of the turbo code and the like.

CITATION LIST Non Patent Literature

[NPL 1]

-   ATSC Standard: Physical Layer Protocol (A/322), 7 Sep. 2016

SUMMARY Technical Problem

In the data transmission using the LDPC code, for example, the LDPC code is set (symbolized) as a symbol of quadrature modulation (digital modulation), such as QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), and the symbol is mapped on a constellation point of the quadrature modulation and transmitted.

The data transmission using the LDPC code is expanding worldwide, and there is a demand for ensuring favorable communication (transmission) quality.

The present technique has been made in view of the circumstances, and the present technique enables to ensure favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code.

Solution to Problem

The present technique provides a first transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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In the first transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 11/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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5177 5869 14843

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677 18652 18992

190 11377 12987

4183 6801 20025

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3311 6049 14757

7155 11435 16353

4778 5674 15973

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467 5999 10103

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2244 4442 6000

9055 13516 15414

4831 6111 10744

3792 8258 15106

6990 9168 17589

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10533 14361 19577.

The present technique provides a first reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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655 11424 17411

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3718 7305 11822

18306 18499 18843

1208 4586 10578

9494 12676 13710

10580 15127 20614

4439 15646 19861

5255 12337 14649

2532 7552 10813

1591 7781 13020

7264 8634 17208

7462 10069 17710

1320 3382 6439

4057 9762 11401

1618 7604 19881

3858 16826 17768

6158 11759 19274

3767 11872 15137

2111 5563 16776

1888 15452 17925

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3695 11232 16970

10181 16329 17920

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29 16450 20509

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3399 7774 16435

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4404 6349 19426

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5761 11289 17985

9989 11488 15986

10200 16710 20899

6970 12774 20558

1304 2495 3507

5236 7678 10437

4493 10472 19880

1883 14768 21100

352 18797 20570

1411 3221 4379

3304 11013 18382

14864 16951 18782

2887 15658 17633

7109 7383 19956

4293 12990 13934

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2987 5455 8787

5782 7137 15981

736 1961 10441

2728 11808 21305

4663 4693 13680

1965 3668 9025

818 10532 16332

7006 16717 21102

2955 15500 20140

8274 13451 19436

3604 13158 21154

5519 6531 9995

1629 17919 18532

15199 16690 16884

5177 5869 14843

5 5088 19940

16910 20686 21206

10662 11610 17578

3378 4579 12849

5947 19300 19762

2545 10686 12579

4568 10814 19032

677 18652 18992

190 11377 12987

4183 6801 20025

6944 8321 15868

3311 6049 14757

7155 11435 16353

4778 5674 15973

1889 3361 7563

467 5999 10103

7613 11096 19536

2244 4442 6000

9055 13516 15414

4831 6111 10744

3792 8258 15106

6990 9168 17589

7920 11548 20786

10533 14361 19577.

In the first reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 11/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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3002 6512 6965 6967 8504 10777 11217 11931 12647 12686 12740 12900 12958 13870 17860

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9416 14905 20800

1708 9944 16952

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3665 8987 16223

655 11424 17411

42 2717 11613

2787 9015 15081

3718 7305 11822

18306 18499 18843

1208 4586 10578

9494 12676 13710

10580 15127 20614

4439 15646 19861

5255 12337 14649

2532 7552 10813

1591 7781 13020

7264 8634 17208

7462 10069 17710

1320 3382 6439

4057 9762 11401

1618 7604 19881

3858 16826 17768

6158 11759 19274

3767 11872 15137

2111 5563 16776

1888 15452 17925

2840 15375 16376

3695 11232 16970

10181 16329 17920

9743 13974 17724

29 16450 20509

2393 17877 19591

1827 15175 15366

3771 14716 18363

5585 14762 19813

7186 8104 12067

2554 12025 15873

2208 5739 6150

2816 12745 17143

9363 11582 17976

5834 8178 12517

3546 15667 19511

5211 10685 20833

3399 7774 16435

3767 4542 8775

4404 6349 19426

4812 11088 16761

5761 11289 17985

9989 11488 15986

10200 16710 20899

6970 12774 20558

1304 2495 3507

5236 7678 10437

4493 10472 19880

1883 14768 21100

352 18797 20570

1411 3221 4379

3304 11013 18382

14864 16951 18782

2887 15658 17633

7109 7383 19956

4293 12990 13934

9890 15206 15786

2987 5455 8787

5782 7137 15981

736 1961 10441

2728 11808 21305

4663 4693 13680

1965 3668 9025

818 10532 16332

7006 16717 21102

2955 15500 20140

8274 13451 19436

3604 13158 21154

5519 6531 9995

1629 17919 18532

15199 16690 16884

5177 5869 14843

5 5088 19940

16910 20686 21206

10662 11610 17578

3378 4579 12849

5947 19300 19762

2545 10686 12579

4568 10814 19032

677 18652 18992

190 11377 12987

4183 6801 20025

6944 8321 15868

3311 6049 14757

7155 11435 16353

4778 5674 15973

1889 3361 7563

467 5999 10103

7613 11096 19536

2244 4442 6000

9055 13516 15414

4831 6111 10744

3792 8258 15106

6990 9168 17589

7920 11548 20786

10533 14361 19577.

The present technique provides a second transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327

175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029

2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663

80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725

988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097

5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096

355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117

667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207

684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525

159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460

2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348

499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242

5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129

1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538

2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407

237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995

330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783

4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413

5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412

1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244

887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985

219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111

1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551

1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886

1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903

1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115

325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401

990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573

1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530

10313 14037

3209 14570

6831 19778

5185 12416

5204 7840

11612 19708

4659 5323 14616

3845 10823 20987

7315 18851 19284

393 9282 17957

6615 9927 19581

8762 10378 18285

126 979 14823

7406 16098 21548

5070 7514 17416

10867 16714 21080

541 1786 19439

909 7175 7837

6412 21072 21433

600 14981 18811

7068 8454 13564

8869 9382 12550

2959 12960 13342

3342 16081 18877

5024 6538 11481

6968 16526 21138

7454 11219 12698

11932 12947 16517

10331 12943 17316

7005 10228 18632

75 15320 20696

5870 5915 13512

14560 17709 19541

16464 18083 19314

130 3689 20149

957 17371 17573

7746 9927 19855

11643 16516 20091

1505 10633 12002

3844 11767 16366

4765 10654 16233

1419 1890 9048

145 10483 19316

396 7322 18963

918 1634 19717

667 7091 21486

291 15485 21553

1119 2755 16534

9347 10335 17322

17926 20004 20269

192 11781 18888

10845 13081 14349

2186 16948 20609

2190 16999 17340

550 8318 15654

14684 16175 19827

436 2578 10257

7772 8333 16220

7283 9160 19568

1817 7490 10732

1379 3761 9571

7222 11433 19744

13051 18284 18482

6727 16078 17813

7829 12003 17376

6393 11850 16334

5570 12906 17366

1887 2815 13127

862 16341 16977

2441 10081 15136

1325 13948 21228

15583 17700 21313

6285 16705 20468

2372 7152 16478

3762 14746 19837

5380 14780 18375

7074 9956 19811

12004 12078 21514

695 1739 2571

5752 12729 17139

11359 11604 14650

8209 9383 12497

8180 15708 19385

4490 10726 20606

7798 18102 20850

3369 8058 8779

4420 6322 12787

16779 17406 19405

4808 11292 15134

52 10337 17972

9970 10227 16717

12763 12825 20901

3508 7001 21224

2471 7609 9957

5235 15813 17315

5254 18218 21073

14761 18809 20523

5819 12683 20987

1433 11016 18416

3542 14844 18780

16735 16974 17596

171 2911 6424.

In the second transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 11/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327

175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029

2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663

80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725

988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097

5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096

355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117

667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207

684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525

159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460

2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348

499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242

5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129

1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538

2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407

237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995

330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783

4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413

5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412

1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244

887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985

219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111

1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551

1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886

1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903

1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115

325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401

990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573

1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530

10313 14037

3209 14570

6831 19778

5185 12416

5204 7840

11612 19708

4659 5323 14616

3845 10823 20987

7315 18851 19284

393 9282 17957

6615 9927 19581

8762 10378 18285

126 979 14823

7406 16098 21548

5070 7514 17416

10867 16714 21080

541 1786 19439

909 7175 7837

6412 21072 21433

600 14981 18811

7068 8454 13564

8869 9382 12550

2959 12960 13342

3342 16081 18877

5024 6538 11481

6968 16526 21138

7454 11219 12698

11932 12947 16517

10331 12943 17316

7005 10228 18632

75 15320 20696

5870 5915 13512

14560 17709 19541

16464 18083 19314

130 3689 20149

957 17371 17573

7746 9927 19855

11643 16516 20091

1505 10633 12002

3844 11767 16366

4765 10654 16233

1419 1890 9048

145 10483 19316

396 7322 18963

918 1634 19717

667 7091 21486

291 15485 21553

1119 2755 16534

9347 10335 17322

17926 20004 20269

192 11781 18888

10845 13081 14349

2186 16948 20609

2190 16999 17340

550 8318 15654

14684 16175 19827

436 2578 10257

7772 8333 16220

7283 9160 19568

1817 7490 10732

1379 3761 9571

7222 11433 19744

13051 18284 18482

6727 16078 17813

7829 12003 17376

6393 11850 16334

5570 12906 17366

1887 2815 13127

862 16341 16977

2441 10081 15136

1325 13948 21228

15583 17700 21313

6285 16705 20468

2372 7152 16478

3762 14746 19837

5380 14780 18375

7074 9956 19811

12004 12078 21514

695 1739 2571

5752 12729 17139

11359 11604 14650

8209 9383 12497

8180 15708 19385

4490 10726 20606

7798 18102 20850

3369 8058 8779

4420 6322 12787

16779 17406 19405

4808 11292 15134

52 10337 17972

9970 10227 16717

12763 12825 20901

3508 7001 21224

2471 7609 9957

5235 15813 17315

5254 18218 21073

14761 18809 20523

5819 12683 20987

1433 11016 18416

3542 14844 18780

16735 16974 17596

171 2911 6424.

The present technique provides a second reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

5490 5926 6153 9501 10594 12266 13298 15737 15849 16368 18972 20100 21448

2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327

175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029

2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663

80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725

988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097

5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096

355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117

667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207

684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525

159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460

2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348

499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242

5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129

1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538

2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407

237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995

330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783

4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413

5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412

1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244

887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985

219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111

1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551

1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886

1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903

1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115

325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401

990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573

1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530

10313 14037

3209 14570

6831 19778

5185 12416

5204 7840

11612 19708

4659 5323 14616

3845 10823 20987

7315 18851 19284

393 9282 17957

6615 9927 19581

8762 10378 18285

126 979 14823

7406 16098 21548

5070 7514 17416

10867 16714 21080

541 1786 19439

909 7175 7837

6412 21072 21433

600 14981 18811

7068 8454 13564

8869 9382 12550

2959 12960 13342

3342 16081 18877

5024 6538 11481

6968 16526 21138

7454 11219 12698

11932 12947 16517

10331 12943 17316

7005 10228 18632

75 15320 20696

5870 5915 13512

14560 17709 19541

16464 18083 19314

130 3689 20149

957 17371 17573

7746 9927 19855

11643 16516 20091

1505 10633 12002

3844 11767 16366

4765 10654 16233

1419 1890 9048

145 10483 19316

396 7322 18963

918 1634 19717

667 7091 21486

291 15485 21553

1119 2755 16534

9347 10335 17322

17926 20004 20269

192 11781 18888

10845 13081 14349

2186 16948 20609

2190 16999 17340

550 8318 15654

14684 16175 19827

436 2578 10257

7772 8333 16220

7283 9160 19568

1817 7490 10732

1379 3761 9571

7222 11433 19744

13051 18284 18482

6727 16078 17813

7829 12003 17376

6393 11850 16334

5570 12906 17366

1887 2815 13127

862 16341 16977

2441 10081 15136

1325 13948 21228

15583 17700 21313

6285 16705 20468

2372 7152 16478

3762 14746 19837

5380 14780 18375

7074 9956 19811

12004 12078 21514

695 1739 2571

5752 12729 17139

11359 11604 14650

8209 9383 12497

8180 15708 19385

4490 10726 20606

7798 18102 20850

3369 8058 8779

4420 6322 12787

16779 17406 19405

4808 11292 15134

52 10337 17972

9970 10227 16717

12763 12825 20901

3508 7001 21224

2471 7609 9957

5235 15813 17315

5254 18218 21073

14761 18809 20523

5819 12683 20987

1433 11016 18416

3542 14844 18780

16735 16974 17596

171 2911 6424.

In the second reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 11/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

5490 5926 6153 9501 10594 12266 13298 15737 15849 16368 18972 20100 21448

2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327

175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029

2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663

80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725

988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097

5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096

355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117

667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207

684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525

159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460

2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348

499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242

5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129

1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538

2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407

237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995

330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783

4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413

5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412

1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244

887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985

219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111

1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551

1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886

1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903

1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115

325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401

990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573

1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530

10313 14037

3209 14570

6831 19778

5185 12416

5204 7840

11612 19708

4659 5323 14616

3845 10823 20987

7315 18851 19284

393 9282 17957

6615 9927 19581

8762 10378 18285

126 979 14823

7406 16098 21548

5070 7514 17416

10867 16714 21080

541 1786 19439

909 7175 7837

6412 21072 21433

600 14981 18811

7068 8454 13564

8869 9382 12550

2959 12960 13342

3342 16081 18877

5024 6538 11481

6968 16526 21138

7454 11219 12698

11932 12947 16517

10331 12943 17316

7005 10228 18632

75 15320 20696

5870 5915 13512

14560 17709 19541

16464 18083 19314

130 3689 20149

957 17371 17573

7746 9927 19855

11643 16516 20091

1505 10633 12002

3844 11767 16366

4765 10654 16233

1419 1890 9048

145 10483 19316

396 7322 18963

918 1634 19717

667 7091 21486

291 15485 21553

1119 2755 16534

9347 10335 17322

17926 20004 20269

192 11781 18888

10845 13081 14349

2186 16948 20609

2190 16999 17340

550 8318 15654

14684 16175 19827

436 2578 10257

7772 8333 16220

7283 9160 19568

1817 7490 10732

1379 3761 9571

7222 11433 19744

13051 18284 18482

6727 16078 17813

7829 12003 17376

6393 11850 16334

5570 12906 17366

1887 2815 13127

862 16341 16977

2441 10081 15136

1325 13948 21228

15583 17700 21313

6285 16705 20468

2372 7152 16478

3762 14746 19837

5380 14780 18375

7074 9956 19811

12004 12078 21514

695 1739 2571

5752 12729 17139

11359 11604 14650

8209 9383 12497

8180 15708 19385

4490 10726 20606

7798 18102 20850

3369 8058 8779

4420 6322 12787

16779 17406 19405

4808 11292 15134

52 10337 17972

9970 10227 16717

12763 12825 20901

3508 7001 21224

2471 7609 9957

5235 15813 17315

5254 18218 21073

14761 18809 20523

5819 12683 20987

1433 11016 18416

3542 14844 18780

16735 16974 17596

171 2911 6424.

The present technique provides a third transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248

623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208

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58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043

1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234

1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472

85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811

928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295

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1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965

447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749

420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853

3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929

203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386

543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751

905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373

1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638

697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924

363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018

338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546

1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341

1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187

1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727

589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024

1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448

932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354

1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242

1363 2451

1953 10230

6218 7655

9302 15856

10461 10503

9005 16075

878 14223 15181

3535 5327 14405

8116 8396 9828

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7064 11014 16139

4318 8353 14997

583 5626 10217

11196 13669 16585

6123 7518 9304

2258 8250 12082

7564 14195 15236

10104 10233 13778

2044 7801 11705

10906 11443 13227

1592 7853 14796

3054 8887 13077

6486 7003 9238

424 9055 13390

618 4077 11120

11159 13405 16070

2927 8689 17210

723 5842 12062

4817 9269 10820

208 6947 12903

2987 10116 11520

3522 6321 15637

148 3087 12764

262 1613 14121

7236 10798 11759

3193 4958 11292

7537 12439 15202

8000 9580 17269

9665 9691 15654

5946 14246 16040

4283 8145 10944

1082 1829 11267

1272 6119 13182

20 11943 14128

4591 8403 16530

2212 13724 13933

2079 10365 14633

1269 11307 16370

2467 4744 10714

6256 7915 9724

8799 11433 16880

459 6799 10102

3795 6930 13350

1295 13018 14967

3542 7310 10974

6905 15080 16105

2673 3143 12349

4698 4801 14770

7512 15844 15965

3276 4069 10099

1893 4676 6679

1985 7244 10163

6333 12760 12912

852 5954 11771

6958 9242 10613

5651 10089 12309

4124 7455 13224

503 6787 10720

10594 12717 14007

4501 5311 8067

4507 5620 13932

9133 11025 13866

5021 16201 16217

6166 7438 17185

1324 5671 11586

2266 6335 7716

512 9515 11595

869 6096 13886

10049 12536 14474

470 8286 8306

1268 5478 6424

8178 8817 14506

11460 15128 16761

6364 10121 16806

9347 15211 16915

1587 3591 15546

17 4132 17071

1677 8810 15764

3862 7633 13685

3855 11931 12792

2652 13909 17080

5581 13919 16126

7129 8976 11152

6662 7845 13424

9751 9965 13847

3662 9308 9534

4283 7474 7682

2418 8774 13433

508 3864 6859

12098 13920 15326

1129 3271 16892

5072 8819 10323

4749 4984 6390

212 13603 14893

4966 8895 9320

1012 3677 5711

6654 9969 15178

4596 5147 5905

1541 4149 15594

8005 8604 15147

2519 10882 11961

190 8417 13600

3543 4639 14618.

In the third transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 12/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248

623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208

273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742

58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043

1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234

1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472

85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811

928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295

82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221

1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965

447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749

420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853

3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929

203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386

543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751

905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373

1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638

697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924

363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018

338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546

1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341

1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187

1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727

589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024

1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448

932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354

1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242

1363 2451

1953 10230

6218 7655

9302 15856

10461 10503

9005 16075

878 14223 15181

3535 5327 14405

8116 8396 9828

2864 6306 14832

24 11009 16377

7064 11014 16139

4318 8353 14997

583 5626 10217

11196 13669 16585

6123 7518 9304

2258 8250 12082

7564 14195 15236

10104 10233 13778

2044 7801 11705

10906 11443 13227

1592 7853 14796

3054 8887 13077

6486 7003 9238

424 9055 13390

618 4077 11120

11159 13405 16070

2927 8689 17210

723 5842 12062

4817 9269 10820

208 6947 12903

2987 10116 11520

3522 6321 15637

148 3087 12764

262 1613 14121

7236 10798 11759

3193 4958 11292

7537 12439 15202

8000 9580 17269

9665 9691 15654

5946 14246 16040

4283 8145 10944

1082 1829 11267

1272 6119 13182

20 11943 14128

4591 8403 16530

2212 13724 13933

2079 10365 14633

1269 11307 16370

2467 4744 10714

6256 7915 9724

8799 11433 16880

459 6799 10102

3795 6930 13350

1295 13018 14967

3542 7310 10974

6905 15080 16105

2673 3143 12349

4698 4801 14770

7512 15844 15965

3276 4069 10099

1893 4676 6679

1985 7244 10163

6333 12760 12912

852 5954 11771

6958 9242 10613

5651 10089 12309

4124 7455 13224

503 6787 10720

10594 12717 14007

4501 5311 8067

4507 5620 13932

9133 11025 13866

5021 16201 16217

6166 7438 17185

1324 5671 11586

2266 6335 7716

512 9515 11595

869 6096 13886

10049 12536 14474

470 8286 8306

1268 5478 6424

8178 8817 14506

11460 15128 16761

6364 10121 16806

9347 15211 16915

1587 3591 15546

17 4132 17071

1677 8810 15764

3862 7633 13685

3855 11931 12792

2652 13909 17080

5581 13919 16126

7129 8976 11152

6662 7845 13424

9751 9965 13847

3662 9308 9534

4283 7474 7682

2418 8774 13433

508 3864 6859

12098 13920 15326

1129 3271 16892

5072 8819 10323

4749 4984 6390

212 13603 14893

4966 8895 9320

1012 3677 5711

6654 9969 15178

4596 5147 5905

1541 4149 15594

8005 8604 15147

2519 10882 11961

190 8417 13600

3543 4639 14618.

The present technique provides a third reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248

623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208

273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742

58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043

1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234

1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472

85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811

928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295

82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221

1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965

447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749

420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853

3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929

203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386

543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751

905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373

1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638

697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924

363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018

338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546

1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341

1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187

1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727

589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024

1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448

932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354

1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242

1363 2451

1953 10230

6218 7655

9302 15856

10461 10503

9005 16075

878 14223 15181

3535 5327 14405

8116 8396 9828

2864 6306 14832

24 11009 16377

7064 11014 16139

4318 8353 14997

583 5626 10217

11196 13669 16585

6123 7518 9304

2258 8250 12082

7564 14195 15236

10104 10233 13778

2044 7801 11705

10906 11443 13227

1592 7853 14796

3054 8887 13077

6486 7003 9238

424 9055 13390

618 4077 11120

11159 13405 16070

2927 8689 17210

723 5842 12062

4817 9269 10820

208 6947 12903

2987 10116 11520

3522 6321 15637

148 3087 12764

262 1613 14121

7236 10798 11759

3193 4958 11292

7537 12439 15202

8000 9580 17269

9665 9691 15654

5946 14246 16040

4283 8145 10944

1082 1829 11267

1272 6119 13182

20 11943 14128

4591 8403 16530

2212 13724 13933

2079 10365 14633

1269 11307 16370

2467 4744 10714

6256 7915 9724

8799 11433 16880

459 6799 10102

3795 6930 13350

1295 13018 14967

3542 7310 10974

6905 15080 16105

2673 3143 12349

4698 4801 14770

7512 15844 15965

3276 4069 10099

1893 4676 6679

1985 7244 10163

6333 12760 12912

852 5954 11771

6958 9242 10613

5651 10089 12309

4124 7455 13224

503 6787 10720

10594 12717 14007

4501 5311 8067

4507 5620 13932

9133 11025 13866

5021 16201 16217

6166 7438 17185

1324 5671 11586

2266 6335 7716

512 9515 11595

869 6096 13886

10049 12536 14474

470 8286 8306

1268 5478 6424

8178 8817 14506

11460 15128 16761

6364 10121 16806

9347 15211 16915

1587 3591 15546

17 4132 17071

1677 8810 15764

3862 7633 13685

3855 11931 12792

2652 13909 17080

5581 13919 16126

7129 8976 11152

6662 7845 13424

9751 9965 13847

3662 9308 9534

4283 7474 7682

2418 8774 13433

508 3864 6859

12098 13920 15326

1129 3271 16892

5072 8819 10323

4749 4984 6390

212 13603 14893

4966 8895 9320

1012 3677 5711

6654 9969 15178

4596 5147 5905

1541 4149 15594

8005 8604 15147

2519 10882 11961

190 8417 13600

3543 4639 14618.

In the third reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 12/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248

623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208

273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742

58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043

1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234

1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472

85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811

928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295

82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221

1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965

447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749

420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853

3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929

203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386

543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751

905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373

1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638

697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924

363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018

338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546

1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341

1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187

1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727

589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024

1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448

932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354

1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242

1363 2451

1953 10230

6218 7655

9302 15856

10461 10503

9005 16075

878 14223 15181

3535 5327 14405

8116 8396 9828

2864 6306 14832

24 11009 16377

7064 11014 16139

4318 8353 14997

583 5626 10217

11196 13669 16585

6123 7518 9304

2258 8250 12082

7564 14195 15236

10104 10233 13778

2044 7801 11705

10906 11443 13227

1592 7853 14796

3054 8887 13077

6486 7003 9238

424 9055 13390

618 4077 11120

11159 13405 16070

2927 8689 17210

723 5842 12062

4817 9269 10820

208 6947 12903

2987 10116 11520

3522 6321 15637

148 3087 12764

262 1613 14121

7236 10798 11759

3193 4958 11292

7537 12439 15202

8000 9580 17269

9665 9691 15654

5946 14246 16040

4283 8145 10944

1082 1829 11267

1272 6119 13182

20 11943 14128

4591 8403 16530

2212 13724 13933

2079 10365 14633

1269 11307 16370

2467 4744 10714

6256 7915 9724

8799 11433 16880

459 6799 10102

3795 6930 13350

1295 13018 14967

3542 7310 10974

6905 15080 16105

2673 3143 12349

4698 4801 14770

7512 15844 15965

3276 4069 10099

1893 4676 6679

1985 7244 10163

6333 12760 12912

852 5954 11771

6958 9242 10613

5651 10089 12309

4124 7455 13224

503 6787 10720

10594 12717 14007

4501 5311 8067

4507 5620 13932

9133 11025 13866

5021 16201 16217

6166 7438 17185

1324 5671 11586

2266 6335 7716

512 9515 11595

869 6096 13886

10049 12536 14474

470 8286 8306

1268 5478 6424

8178 8817 14506

11460 15128 16761

6364 10121 16806

9347 15211 16915

1587 3591 15546

17 4132 17071

1677 8810 15764

3862 7633 13685

3855 11931 12792

2652 13909 17080

5581 13919 16126

7129 8976 11152

6662 7845 13424

9751 9965 13847

3662 9308 9534

4283 7474 7682

2418 8774 13433

508 3864 6859

12098 13920 15326

1129 3271 16892

5072 8819 10323

4749 4984 6390

212 13603 14893

4966 8895 9320

1012 3677 5711

6654 9969 15178

4596 5147 5905

1541 4149 15594

8005 8604 15147

2519 10882 11961

190 8417 13600

3543 4639 14618.

The present technique provides a fourth transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831

397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512

56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598

791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605

1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283

1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130

315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955

553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739

541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778

114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183

1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042

436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995

1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904

1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841

1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123

161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799

283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639

3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342

4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510

950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034

676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796

160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928

1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260

1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077

1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163

1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895

240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362

799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106

988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432

850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452

14826 16365

11703 12119

712 13566

3116 11731

7615 15442

1992 5349

221 4010 5696

7888 12867 13468

3483 10904 13985

443 8895 11950

6009 10985 12686

2658 6385 13354

8724 15844 16946

5553 10363 16261

2195 5238 10663

598 14905 15764

1356 4805 10512

1933 5558 9695

2230 7616 10698

1298 2645 10290

4025 8617 14782

9819 10189 16907

1284 4501 8928

10113 10629 17016

947 10255 11116

2798 15081 15460

6519 8395 9415

3112 8471 16950

3533 15619 16970

11279 11872 15206

116 3420 17037

2067 12776 16138

3697 4594 6209

2367 2540 13278

9495 14852 16127

3104 8112 10391

4142 12073 12995

2472 7209 8753

2944 8383 15319

309 4701 8866

4373 9982 15750

716 5906 13071

78 2218 9153

1514 2173 13201

868 7469 8268

377 2499 16002

11512 15110 15766

5883 10040 17274

3100 3283 13572

5509 11243 14059

6640 12508 14361

444 11714 15330

5032 8197 12948

336 6212 11902

3947 10941 12964

1199 6038 15689

1523 3008 8298

1570 9146 17153

13517 15799 16392

10424 12847 14222

2769 4919 5386

5113 9478 12123

7335 13077 13877

1494 3229 10364

4095 4963 12427

1923 3102 6193

8090 8142 16950

12476 14207 15195

9909 13375 16390

4912 13153 15689

5717 11788 15854

2976 5965 14731

5661 11816 15865

2726 6512 9612

570 2062 11845

1359 10196 13672

11719 13691 14355

3858 6418 7492

6563 10020 15506

8583 16473 17261

16339 16680 17098

6215 14625 14945

3988 6352 13238

6996 12116 13959

5139 13712 16488

8647 14367 16382

2382 8015 10853

10204 13362 16750

5576 10259 16953

1980 2806 6075

8358 12635 14776

3453 14575 16909

2035 3301 16459

3497 15047 16762

2570 8801 11073

2661 6265 15068

11856 13537 14066

1325 2346 12514

848 10405 15966

3122 9804 13003

12159 12651 16601

2207 2362 4348

1576 2758 5671

593 8385 17045

2174 6624 10983

2936 3732 7787

1578 7226 8406

1315 1827 13382

1489 2356 10605

3022 10770 14184

160 5972 6797

2911 5113 16931

7977 12445 12476

1367 4594 13365.

In the fourth transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 12/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831

397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512

56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598

791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605

1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283

1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130

315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955

553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739

541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778

114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183

1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042

436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995

1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904

1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841

1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123

161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799

283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639

3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342

4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510

950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034

676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796

160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928

1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260

1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077

1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163

1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895

240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362

799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106

988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432

850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452

14826 16365

11703 12119

712 13566

3116 11731

7615 15442

1992 5349

221 4010 5696

7888 12867 13468

3483 10904 13985

443 8895 11950

6009 10985 12686

2658 6385 13354

8724 15844 16946

5553 10363 16261

2195 5238 10663

598 14905 15764

1356 4805 10512

1933 5558 9695

2230 7616 10698

1298 2645 10290

4025 8617 14782

9819 10189 16907

1284 4501 8928

10113 10629 17016

947 10255 11116

2798 15081 15460

6519 8395 9415

3112 8471 16950

3533 15619 16970

11279 11872 15206

116 3420 17037

2067 12776 16138

3697 4594 6209

2367 2540 13278

9495 14852 16127

3104 8112 10391

4142 12073 12995

2472 7209 8753

2944 8383 15319

309 4701 8866

4373 9982 15750

716 5906 13071

78 2218 9153

1514 2173 13201

868 7469 8268

377 2499 16002

11512 15110 15766

5883 10040 17274

3100 3283 13572

5509 11243 14059

6640 12508 14361

444 11714 15330

5032 8197 12948

336 6212 11902

3947 10941 12964

1199 6038 15689

1523 3008 8298

1570 9146 17153

13517 15799 16392

10424 12847 14222

2769 4919 5386

5113 9478 12123

7335 13077 13877

1494 3229 10364

4095 4963 12427

1923 3102 6193

8090 8142 16950

12476 14207 15195

9909 13375 16390

4912 13153 15689

5717 11788 15854

2976 5965 14731

5661 11816 15865

2726 6512 9612

570 2062 11845

1359 10196 13672

11719 13691 14355

3858 6418 7492

6563 10020 15506

8583 16473 17261

16339 16680 17098

6215 14625 14945

3988 6352 13238

6996 12116 13959

5139 13712 16488

8647 14367 16382

2382 8015 10853

10204 13362 16750

5576 10259 16953

1980 2806 6075

8358 12635 14776

3453 14575 16909

2035 3301 16459

3497 15047 16762

2570 8801 11073

2661 6265 15068

11856 13537 14066

1325 2346 12514

848 10405 15966

3122 9804 13003

12159 12651 16601

2207 2362 4348

1576 2758 5671

593 8385 17045

2174 6624 10983

2936 3732 7787

1578 7226 8406

1315 1827 13382

1489 2356 10605

3022 10770 14184

160 5972 6797

2911 5113 16931

7977 12445 12476

1367 4594 13365.

The present technique provides a fourth reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831

397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512

56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598

791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605

1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283

1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130

315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955

553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739

541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778

114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183

1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042

436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995

1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904

1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841

1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123

161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799

283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639

3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342

4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510

950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034

676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796

160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928

1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260

1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077

1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163

1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895

240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362

799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106

988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432

850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452

14826 16365

11703 12119

712 13566

3116 11731

7615 15442

1992 5349

221 4010 5696

7888 12867 13468

3483 10904 13985

443 8895 11950

6009 10985 12686

2658 6385 13354

8724 15844 16946

5553 10363 16261

2195 5238 10663

598 14905 15764

1356 4805 10512

1933 5558 9695

2230 7616 10698

1298 2645 10290

4025 8617 14782

9819 10189 16907

1284 4501 8928

10113 10629 17016

947 10255 11116

2798 15081 15460

6519 8395 9415

3112 8471 16950

3533 15619 16970

11279 11872 15206

116 3420 17037

2067 12776 16138

3697 4594 6209

2367 2540 13278

9495 14852 16127

3104 8112 10391

4142 12073 12995

2472 7209 8753

2944 8383 15319

309 4701 8866

4373 9982 15750

716 5906 13071

78 2218 9153

1514 2173 13201

868 7469 8268

377 2499 16002

11512 15110 15766

5883 10040 17274

3100 3283 13572

5509 11243 14059

6640 12508 14361

444 11714 15330

5032 8197 12948

336 6212 11902

3947 10941 12964

1199 6038 15689

1523 3008 8298

1570 9146 17153

13517 15799 16392

10424 12847 14222

2769 4919 5386

5113 9478 12123

7335 13077 13877

1494 3229 10364

4095 4963 12427

1923 3102 6193

8090 8142 16950

12476 14207 15195

9909 13375 16390

4912 13153 15689

5717 11788 15854

2976 5965 14731

5661 11816 15865

2726 6512 9612

570 2062 11845

1359 10196 13672

11719 13691 14355

3858 6418 7492

6563 10020 15506

8583 16473 17261

16339 16680 17098

6215 14625 14945

3988 6352 13238

6996 12116 13959

5139 13712 16488

8647 14367 16382

2382 8015 10853

10204 13362 16750

5576 10259 16953

1980 2806 6075

8358 12635 14776

3453 14575 16909

2035 3301 16459

3497 15047 16762

2570 8801 11073

2661 6265 15068

11856 13537 14066

1325 2346 12514

848 10405 15966

3122 9804 13003

12159 12651 16601

2207 2362 4348

1576 2758 5671

593 8385 17045

2174 6624 10983

2936 3732 7787

1578 7226 8406

1315 1827 13382

1489 2356 10605

3022 10770 14184

160 5972 6797

2911 5113 16931

7977 12445 12476

1367 4594 13365.

In the fourth reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 12/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831

397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512

56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598

791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605

1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283

1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130

315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955

553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739

541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778

114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183

1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042

436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995

1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904

1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841

1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123

161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799

283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639

3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342

4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510

950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034

676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796

160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928

1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260

1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077

1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163

1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895

240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362

799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106

988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432

850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452

14826 16365

11703 12119

712 13566

3116 11731

7615 15442

1992 5349

221 4010 5696

7888 12867 13468

3483 10904 13985

443 8895 11950

6009 10985 12686

2658 6385 13354

8724 15844 16946

5553 10363 16261

2195 5238 10663

598 14905 15764

1356 4805 10512

1933 5558 9695

2230 7616 10698

1298 2645 10290

4025 8617 14782

9819 10189 16907

1284 4501 8928

10113 10629 17016

947 10255 11116

2798 15081 15460

6519 8395 9415

3112 8471 16950

3533 15619 16970

11279 11872 15206

116 3420 17037

2067 12776 16138

3697 4594 6209

2367 2540 13278

9495 14852 16127

3104 8112 10391

4142 12073 12995

2472 7209 8753

2944 8383 15319

309 4701 8866

4373 9982 15750

716 5906 13071

78 2218 9153

1514 2173 13201

868 7469 8268

377 2499 16002

11512 15110 15766

5883 10040 17274

3100 3283 13572

5509 11243 14059

6640 12508 14361

444 11714 15330

5032 8197 12948

336 6212 11902

3947 10941 12964

1199 6038 15689

1523 3008 8298

1570 9146 17153

13517 15799 16392

10424 12847 14222

2769 4919 5386

5113 9478 12123

7335 13077 13877

1494 3229 10364

4095 4963 12427

1923 3102 6193

8090 8142 16950

12476 14207 15195

9909 13375 16390

4912 13153 15689

5717 11788 15854

2976 5965 14731

5661 11816 15865

2726 6512 9612

570 2062 11845

1359 10196 13672

11719 13691 14355

3858 6418 7492

6563 10020 15506

8583 16473 17261

16339 16680 17098

6215 14625 14945

3988 6352 13238

6996 12116 13959

5139 13712 16488

8647 14367 16382

2382 8015 10853

10204 13362 16750

5576 10259 16953

1980 2806 6075

8358 12635 14776

3453 14575 16909

2035 3301 16459

3497 15047 16762

2570 8801 11073

2661 6265 15068

11856 13537 14066

1325 2346 12514

848 10405 15966

3122 9804 13003

12159 12651 16601

2207 2362 4348

1576 2758 5671

593 8385 17045

2174 6624 10983

2936 3732 7787

1578 7226 8406

1315 1827 13382

1489 2356 10605

3022 10770 14184

160 5972 6797

2911 5113 16931

7977 12445 12476

1367 4594 13365.

Note that the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus may be independent apparatuses or may be internal blocks of one apparatus.

Advantageous Effect of Invention

According to the present technique, favorable communication quality can be ensured in data transmission using an LDPC code.

Note that the advantageous effect described here may not be limited, and the advantageous effect may be any of the advantageous effects described in the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram describing a check matrix H of an LDPC code.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart describing a decoding procedure of the LDPC code.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix of the LDPC code.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of the check matrix.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a variable node.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check node.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a transmission system to which the present technique is applied.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a transmission apparatus 11.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bit interleaver 116.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix.

FIG. 12 is a diagram describing a check matrix of an LDPC code defined in a standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 13 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph regarding decoding of the LDPC code.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix H_(T) in a dual diagonal structure and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after parity interleaving.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart describing an example of a process executed by the bit interleaver 116 and a mapper 117.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart describing an example of a process of the LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix initial value table with a code rate of 1/4 and a code length of 16200.

FIG. 21 is a diagram describing a method of obtaining the check matrix H from the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a structure of the check matrix.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 24 is a diagram describing a matrix A generated from the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 25 is a diagram describing parity interleaving of a matrix B.

FIG. 26 is a diagram describing a matrix C generated from the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 27 is a diagram describing parity interleaving of a matrix D.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a check matrix after applying, to the check matrix, column permutation as parity deinterleaving for deinterleaving of the parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed check matrix obtained by applying row permutation to the check matrix.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of a type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of a type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 48 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 54 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 56 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 59 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 61 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 62 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 63 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 64 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 65 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 66 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 67 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 68 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 69 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 70 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 71 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 73 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 74 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 75 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 76 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 78 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 79 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 80 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 81 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 82 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 83 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 85 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 86 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of a degree sequence with a column weight of 3 and a row weight of 6.

FIG. 87 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of a multi-edge type ensemble.

FIG. 88 is a diagram describing a check matrix of a type A system.

FIG. 89 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the type A system.

FIG. 90 is a diagram describing a check matrix of a type B system.

FIG. 91 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the type B system.

FIG. 92 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 93 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 94 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 95 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 96 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 97 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 98 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 99 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 100 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 101 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 102 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 104 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 105 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 106 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 107 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 108 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 110 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 111 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 112 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 113 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 114 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 115 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 116 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 117 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 118 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 119 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 120 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 122 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 123 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 124 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 125 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 126 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 127 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 128 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 130 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 131 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 132 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 133 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 134 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 135 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 136 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 137 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of constellation points of UC in a case where a modulation system is QPSK.

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of constellation points of 2D NUC in a case where the modulation system is 16QAM.

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of constellation points of 1D NUC in a case where the modulation system is 1024QAM.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a symbol y of 1024QAM and a real part Re(z_(s)) as well as an imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of a complex number representing coordinates of a constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a block interleaver 25.

FIG. 143 is a diagram describing block interleaving performed in the block interleaver 25.

FIG. 144 is a diagram describing group-wise interleaving performed in a group-wise interleaver 24.

FIG. 145 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a reception apparatus 12.

FIG. 146 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 147 is a flow chart describing an example of a process executed by a demapper 164, a bit deinterleaver 165, and an LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 148 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix of the LDPC code.

FIG. 149 is a diagram illustrating an example of a matrix (transformed check matrix) obtained by applying row permutation and column permutation to the check matrix.

FIG. 150 is a diagram illustrating an example of the transformed check matrix divided into 5×5 units.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a decoding apparatus that performs node computation for P times all at once.

FIG. 152 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a block deinterleaver 54.

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

FIG. 156 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

FIG. 157 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

FIG. 158 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a computer to which the present technique is applied.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present technique will be described, and before the description, an LDPC code will be described.

<LDPC Code>

Note that the LDPC code is a linear code. Although the LDPC code may not be dual, the LDPC code is dual in the description here.

The biggest feature of the LDPC code is that the check matrix (parity check matrix) defining the LDPC code is sparse. Here, the sparse matrix is a matrix in which the number of elements of “l” in the matrix is significantly small (matrix in which most elements are 0).

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix H of the LDPC code.

In the check matrix H of FIG. 1, the weight of each column (column weight) (the number of elements of “1”) is “3,” and the weight of each row (row weight) is “6.”

In the coding based on the LDPC code (LDPC coding), for example, a generator matrix G is generated based on the check matrix H, and dual information bits are multiplied by the generator matrix G to generate a code word (LDPC code).

Specifically, a coding apparatus that performs the LDPC coding first calculates the generator matrix G such that an equation GH^(T)=0 holds between the generator matrix G and a transposed matrix H^(T) of the check matrix H. Here, in a case where the generator matrix G is a K×N matrix, the coding apparatus multiplies the generator matrix G by a bit sequence (vector u) of information bits including K bits to generate a code word c (=uG) including N bits. The code word (LDPC code) generated by the coding apparatus is received on the reception side through a predetermined communication channel.

Decoding of the LDPC code can be performed by using a message passing algorithm that is an algorithm named probabilistic decoding proposed by Gallager. The algorithm includes variable nodes (also called message nodes) and check nodes, and the algorithm is based on belief propagation on a so-called Tanner graph. Here, the variable nodes and the check nodes will also be simply referred to as nodes as necessary.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a procedure of decoding the LDPC code.

Note that an actual value (reception LLR) expressing a log likelihood ratio representing the likelihood that the value of an ith code bit of the LDPC code (1 code word) received on the reception side is “0” will also be referred to as a reception value u₀₁ as necessary. In addition, the message output from the check node will be defined as u_(j), and the message output from the variable node will be defined as v_(i).

First, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the LDPC code is received in step S11 as illustrated in FIG. 2. The message (check node message) u_(j) is initialized to “0,” and a variable k that is an integer and that is a counter of a repeated process is initialized to “0.” The process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, computation (variable node computation) indicated in Equation (1) is performed based on the reception value u₀₁ obtained by receiving the LDPC code, and the message (variable node message) v_(i) is obtained. Furthermore, computation (check node computation) indicated in Equation (2) is performed based on the message v_(i) to obtain the message u_(j).

[Math.  1] $\begin{matrix} {v_{i} = {u_{0i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v} - 1}\;{u_{j}\left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack}}}} & (1) \\ {{\tanh\left( \frac{u_{j}}{2} \right)} = {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}}} & (2) \end{matrix}$

Here, d_(v) and d_(c) in Equation (1) and Equation (2) are parameters indicating the numbers of “1” in the vertical direction (column) and the horizontal direction (row) of the check matrix H, respectively, and the parameters can be arbitrarily selected. For example, d_(v)=3 and d_(c)=6 are set in the case of the LDPC code ((3,6) LDPC code) for the check matrix H with the column weight of 3 and the row weight of 6 as illustrated in FIG. 1.

Note that in each of the variable node computation of Equation (1) and the check node computation of (2), a message input from an edge for outputting the message (line connecting the variable node and the check node) is not the target of computation, and the computation range is 1 to d_(v)−1 or 1 to d_(c)−1. In addition, to actually perform the check node computation of Equation (2), a table of functions R(v₁,v₂) indicated in Equation (3) defined by 1 output for 2 inputs v_(i) and v₂ is created in advance, and the table is continuously (recursively) used as indicated in Equation (4). [Math. 3] x=2 tan h ⁻¹{tan h(v ₁/2)tan h(v ₂/2)}=R(v ₁ ,v ₂)   (3) [Math. 4] u _(j) =R(v ₁ ,R(v ₂ ,R(v ₃ , . . . R(v _(d) _(c) ₋₂ ,v _(d) _(c) ₋₁))))   (4)

In step S12, the variable k is further incremented by “1,” and the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, whether the variable k is greater than predetermined iterations C of decoding is determined. If it is determined that the variable k is not greater than C in step S13, the process returns to step S12, and similar processing is repeated.

In addition, if it is determined that the variable k is greater than C in step S13, the process proceeds to step S14, and computation indicated in Equation (5) is performed to obtain the message v_(i) as a decoding result to be finally output. The message v_(i) is output, and the decoding process of the LDPC code ends.

[Math.  5] $\begin{matrix} {v_{i} = {u_{0i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v}}\; u_{j}}}} & (5) \end{matrix}$

Here, unlike the variable node computation of Equation (1), the messages u_(j) from all of the edges connected to the variable nodes are used to perform the computation of Equation (5).

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H of the (3,6) LDPC code (code rate 1/2, code length 12).

In the check matrix H of FIG. 3, the weight of the column is 3, and the weight of the row is 6 as in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a Tanner graph of the check matrix H of FIG. 3.

Here, plus “+” represents the check node, and equal “=” represents the variable node in FIG. 4. The check nodes and the variable nodes correspond to the rows and the columns of the check matrix H, respectively. The connections between the check nodes and the variable nodes are edges, and the edges are equivalent to the elements of “1” in the check matrix.

That is, in a case where the element of a jth row and an ith column in the check matrix is 1, an ith variable node (node of “=”) from the top and a jth check node (node of “+”) from the top are connected by the edge as illustrated in FIG. 4. The edge indicates that the code bit corresponding to the variable node has a constraint condition corresponding to the check node.

The variable node computation and the check node computation are repeated in a sum product algorithm that is a decoding method of the LDPC code.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the variable node computation performed in the variable node.

In the variable node, the message v_(i) corresponding to the edge to be calculated is obtained by the variable node computation of Equation (1) using messages u₁ and n₂ from the remaining edges connected to the variable node and using the reception value u₀₁. The messages corresponding to the other edges are similarly obtained.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the check node computation performed in the check node.

Here, the check node computation of Equation (2) can be rewritten as Equation (6) by using a relationship of an equation a×b=exp{ln(|a|)+ln(|b|)}×sign(a)×sign(b). Here, sign (x) is 1 in a case of x≥0 and is −1 in a case of x<0.

[Math.  6] $\begin{matrix} \begin{matrix} {u_{j} =} & {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left( {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}} \\ {=} & {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp\left\{ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{\ln\left( {{\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}} \right\} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{{sign}\left( {\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right\rbrack}} \\ {=} & {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp\left\{ {- \left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{- {\ln\left( {\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right)} \right\}} \right\rbrack} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}} \end{matrix} & (6) \end{matrix}$

In the case of x≥0, an equation φ⁻¹(x)=2 tan h⁻¹(e^(−x)) holds when a function φ(x) is defined by an equation φ(x)=ln(tan h(x/2)), and Equation (6) can be modified to Equation (7).

[Math.  7] $\begin{matrix} {u_{j} = {{\phi^{- 1}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{\phi\left( {v_{i}} \right)}} \right)} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}\;{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} & (7) \end{matrix}$

In the check node, the check node computation of Equation (2) is performed according to Equation (7).

That is, in the check node, the message u_(j) corresponding to the edge to be calculated is obtained by the check node computation of Equation (7) using messages v₁, v₃, v₃, v₄, and v₅ from the remaining edges connected to the check node as illustrated in FIG. 6. The messages corresponding to the other edges are similarly obtained.

Note that the function φ(x) of Equation (7) can be expressed by an equation φ(x)=ln((e^(x)+1)/(e^(x)−1)), and φ(x)=φ⁻¹(x) holds when x>0. An LUT (Look Up Table) is used to implement the functions φ(x) and φ⁻¹(x) on hardware in some cases, and the same LUT is used for both of the functions.

<Configuration Example of Transmission System to which the Present Technique is Applied>

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a transmission system to which the present technique is applied (system is a logical set of a plurality of apparatuses, and whether the apparatuses of each configuration are in the same housing does not matter).

In FIG. 7, the transmission system includes a transmission apparatus 11 and a reception apparatus 12.

The transmission apparatus 11 transmits (broadcasts) (transfers) a program and the like of television broadcasting, for example. That is, for example, the transmission apparatus 11 encodes target data to be transmitted, such as image data and voice data of a program, into an LDPC code and transmits the LDPC code through a communication channel 13, such as a satellite line, a ground wave, and a cable (wire line).

The reception apparatus 12 receives the LDPC code transmitted from the transmission apparatus 11 through the communication channel 13. The reception apparatus 12 decodes the LDPC code into the target data and outputs the target data.

Here, it is known that the LDPC code used in the transmission system of FIG. 7 exhibits significantly high capability in an AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise) communication channel.

On the other hand, a burst error or erasure may occur in the communication channel 13. For example, particularly in a case where the communication channel 13 is a ground wave, the power of a specific symbol may become 0 (erasure) according to a delay of echo (path other than the main path) in a multi-path environment in which the D/U (Desired to Undesired Ratio) is 0 db (the power of “Undesired=echo” is equal to the power of “Desired=main path”) in an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) system.

Furthermore, in flutter (communication channel with echo, in which the delay is 0, and the doppler frequency is applied), the power of the entire symbols of OFDM at specific time may become 0 (erasure) due to the doppler frequency in the case where the D/U is 0 dB.

In addition, a burst error may occur depending on the conditions of wiring from a reception unit (not illustrated) on the reception apparatus 12 side, such as an antenna that receives a signal from the transmission apparatus 11, to the reception apparatus 12 or depending on the instability of the power source of the reception apparatus 12.

On the other hand, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the variable node computation of Equation (1) involving the addition of the code bit (reception value u₀₁) of the LDPC code is performed as illustrated in FIG. 5 in the variable node corresponding to the column of the check matrix H and corresponding to the code bit of the LDPC code. Therefore, if there is an error in the code bit used for the variable node computation, the accuracy of the obtained message is reduced.

Furthermore, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the message obtained by the variable node connected to the check node is used to perform the check node computation of Equation (7) in the check node. Therefore, an increase in the number of check nodes with simultaneous errors (including erasure) in the plurality of connected variable nodes (code bits of LDPC code corresponding to the variable nodes) degrades the performance of decoding.

That is, for example, if there is erasure at the same time in two or more variable nodes connected to the check node, the check node returns, to all of the variable nodes, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. In this case, the check node returning the messages of equal probability does not contribute to one decoding process (one set of variable node computation and check node computation). As a result, the decoding process has to be repeated for a large number of times. This degrades the performance of decoding and increases the power consumption of the reception apparatus 12 that decodes the LDPC code.

Therefore, the transmission system of FIG. 7 can improve the tolerance for the burst error and the erasure while maintaining the performance in the AWGN communication channel (AWGN channel).

<Configuration Example of Transmission Apparatus 11>

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the transmission apparatus 11 of FIG. 7.

In the transmission apparatus 11, one or more input streams as target data are supplied to a mode adaptation/multiplexer 111.

The mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 executes a process, such as selecting a mode and multiplexing one or more input streams supplied to the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111, as necessary and supplies data obtained as a result of the process to a padder 112.

The padder 112 applies necessary zero padding (insertion of Null) to the data from the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 and supplies data obtained as a result of the zero padding to a BB scrambler 113.

The BB scrambler 113 applies BB scrambling (Base-Band Scrambling) to the data from the padder 112 and supplies data as a result of the BB scrambling to a BCH encoder 114.

The BCH encoder 114 applies BCH coding to the data from the BB scrambler 113 and supplies, as LDPC target data that is a target of LDPC coding, the data obtained as a result of the BCH coding to an LDPC encoder 115.

The LDPC encoder 115 applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data from the BCH encoder 114 according to, for example, a check matrix in which the parity matrix as a part corresponding to the parity bits of the LDPC code has a dual diagonal structure. The LDPC encoder 115 outputs an LDPC code including information bits of the LDPC target data.

That is, the LDPC encoder 115 performs LDPC coding for encoding the LDPC target data into an LDPC code (corresponding to the check matrix) defined in a predetermined standard, such as DVB-S.2, DVB-T.2, DVB-C.2, and ATSC3.0, or into other LDPC codes and outputs the LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding.

Here, the LDPC code defined in the standard of DVB-S.2 or ATSC3.0 or the LDPC code to be adopted in ATSC3.0 is an IRA (Irregular Repeat Accumulate) code, and the parity matrix (part or all of the parity matrix) in the check matrix of the LDPC code has a dual diagonal structure. The parity matrix and the dual diagonal structure will be described later. In addition, the IRA code is described in, for example, “Irregular Repeat-Accumulate Codes,” H. Jin, A. Khandekar, and R. J. McEliece, in Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Turbo codes and Related Topics, pp. 1-8, September 2000.

The LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 is supplied to a bit interleaver 116.

The bit interleaver 116 applies bit interleaving described later to the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the bit interleaving to a mapper 117.

The mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation (multi-level modulation) by mapping the LDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 on constellation points representing one symbol of quadrature modulation, on the basis of one or more code bits (on the basis of symbols) of the LDPC code.

That is, the mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the LDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 on the constellation points, which are defined in a modulation system for performing the quadrature modulation of the LDPC code, on an IQ plane (IQ constellation) defined by an I axis representing I components in phase with the carrier wave and an Q axis representing Q components orthogonal to the carrier wave.

In a case where the number of constellation points defined in the modulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117 is 2^(m), m code bits of the LDPC code are set as a symbol (1 symbol), and the mapper 117 maps, on the basis of symbols, the LDPC codes from the bit interleaver 116 on the constellation points representing the symbols among the 2^(m) constellation points.

Here, examples of the modulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117 include a modulation system defined in a standard, such as DVB-S.2 and ATSC3.0, and other modulation systems, such as BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying), QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), 8PSK (Phase-Shift Keying), 16APSK (Amplitude Phase-Shift Keying), 32APSK, 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, and 4PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation). Which one of the modulation systems is to be used by the mapper 117 to perform the quadrature modulation is set in advance according to, for example, operation by an operator of the transmission apparatus 11.

The data obtained in the process of the mapper 117 (mapping result of mapping the symbol on the constellation points) is supplied to a time interleaver 118.

The time interleaver 118 applies time interleaving (interleaving in the time direction) to the data from the mapper 117 on the basis of symbols and supplies data obtained as a result of the time interleaving to a SISO/MISO (Single Input Single Output/Multiple Input Single Output) encoder 119.

The SISO/MISO encoder 119 applies space-time coding to the data from the time interleaver 118 and supplies the data to a frequency interleaver 120.

The frequency interleaver 120 applies frequency interleaving (interleaving in the frequency direction) to the data from the SISO/MISO encoder 119 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a frame builder & resource allocation unit 131.

On the other hand, control data (signalling) for transmission control, such as BB signalling (Base Band Signalling) (BB Header), is supplied to a BCH encoder 121.

The BCH encoder 121 applies BCH coding to the control data supplied to the BCH encoder 121 similarly to the BCH encoder 114 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BCH coding to an LDPC encoder 122.

The LDPC encoder 122 sets the data from the BCH encoder 121 as LDPC target data and applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data similarly to the LDPC encoder 115. The LDPC encoder 122 supplies an LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding to a mapper 123.

The mapper 123 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 122 on the constellation points representing one symbol of the quadrature modulation, on the basis of one or more code bits (on the basis of symbols) of the LDPC code, similarly to the mapper 117. The mapper 123 supplies data obtained as a result of the quadrature modulation to a frequency interleaver 124.

The frequency interleaver 124 applies frequency interleaving to the data from the mapper 123 on the basis of symbols similarly to the frequency interleaver 120 and supplies the data to the frame builder & resource allocation unit 131.

The frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 inserts pilot symbols at necessary positions of the data (symbols) from the frequency interleavers 120 and 124. The frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 forms frames (such as PL (Physical Layer) frame, T2 frame, and C2 frame) including a predetermined number of symbols based on the data (symbols) obtained as a result of the insertion and supplies the frames to an OFDM generation unit 132.

The OFDM generation unit 132 uses the frames from the frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 to generate an OFDM signal corresponding to the frames and transmits the OFDM signal to the communication channel 13 (FIG. 7).

Note that the transmission apparatus 11 may not be provided with part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 8, such as the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124.

<Configuration Example of Bit Interleaver 116>

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the bit interleaver 116 of FIG. 8.

The bit interleaver 116 has a function of interleaving data and includes a parity interleaver 23, a group-wise interleaver 24, and a block interleaver 25.

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving for interleaving the parity bit of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 at a position of another parity bit and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleaving to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 applies group-wise interleaving to the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code after the group-wise interleaving to the block interleaver 25.

Here, in the group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code equivalent to 1 code is divided from the top into 360-bit units according to a unit size P described later. 360 bits of 1 division are set as a bit group, and the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 is interleaved on the basis of bit groups.

In the case of performing the group-wise interleaving, the error rate can be improved compared to the case without the group-wise interleaving, and as a result, favorable communication quality can be ensured in the data transmission.

The block interleaver 25 performs block interleaving for demultiplexing the LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24 to symbolize, for example, the LDPC code equivalent to 1 code into a symbol of m bits that is a unit of mapping. The block interleaver 25 supplies the symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

Here, in the block interleaving, for example, columns as storage areas for storing a predetermined number of bits in a column (vertical) direction are arranged in a row (horizontal) direction, and the number of columns is equal to the number of bits m of the symbol. The LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24 is written in the column direction to the storage areas and read in the row direction from the storage areas to symbolize the LDPC code into a symbol of m bits.

<Check Matrix of LDPC Code>

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The check matrix H has an LDGM (Low-Density Generation Matrix) structure, and an information matrix H_(A) as a part corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix H_(T) corresponding to the parity bits of the code bits of the LDPC code can be used to express the check matrix H by an equation H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] (matrix including elements of the information matrix H_(A) as elements on the left side and elements of the parity matrix H_(T) as elements on the right side).

Here, the number of bits of the information bits and the number of bits of the parity bits in the code bits of the LDPC code of 1 code (1 code word) will be referred to as an information length K and a parity length M, respectively. The number of bits of the code bits of 1 LDPC code (1 code word) will be referred to as a code length N (=K+M).

The information length K and the parity length M of the LDPC code with a certain code length N are determined by the code rate. In addition, the check matrix H is a matrix in which rows×columns is M×N (matrix with M rows and N columns). Furthermore, the information matrix H_(A) is a matrix of M×K, and the parity matrix H_(T) is a matrix of M×M.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 can be, for example, a parity matrix H_(T) similar to that of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in a standard such as DVB-T.2.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, is a matrix with a so-called dual diagonal structure (lower bidiagonal matrix) in which elements of 1 are arranged in a dual diagonal format as illustrated in FIG. 11. The row weight of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 for the first row and is 2 for all of the remaining rows. In addition, the column weight is 1 for the last one column and is 2 for all of the remaining columns.

In this way, the LDPC code of the check matrix H with the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure can be easily generated by using the check matrix H.

More specifically, the LDPC code (1 code word) will be expressed by a row vector c, and a column vector obtained by transposing the row vector will be defined as c^(T). In addition, a part of the information bits in the row vector c that is the LDPC code will be expressed by a row vector A, and a part of the parity bits will be expressed by a row vector T.

In this case, the row vector A as information bits and the row vector T as parity bits can be used to express the row vector c by an equation c=[A|T] (row vector including elements of the row vector A as elements on the left side and elements of the row vector T as elements on the right side).

The check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] as the LDPC code need to satisfy an equation Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T as parity bits included in the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the equation Hc^(T)=0 can be successively (sequentially) obtained by setting the element of each row to 0 in order from the element of the first row in the column vector HOT in the equation Hc^(T)=0 in the case where the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] has the dual diagonal structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 12 is a diagram describing the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The column weight of KX columns from the first column of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, is X. The column weight of the following K3 columns is 3, and the column weight of the following M−1 columns is 2. The column weight of the last one column is 1.

Here, KX+K3+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the numbers of columns KX, K3, and M and a column weight X for each code rate r of the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

In the standard such as DVB-T.2, the LDPC codes with code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

In addition, eleven code rates (nominal rates) 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 64800 bits, and ten code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 16200 bits.

Here, the code length N of 64800 bits will also be referred to as 64 k bits, and the code length N of 16200 bits will also be referred to as 16 k bits.

The error rate of the LDPC code tends to be lower in the code bits corresponding to the columns with larger column weights of the check matrix H.

In the check matrix H defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, the column weight tends to be larger in the columns closer to the top (left side). Therefore, in the LDPC code corresponding to the check matrix H, the code bits closer to the top tend to be resistant to errors (resilient to errors), and the code bits closer to the end tend to be susceptible to errors.

<Parity Interleaving>

The parity interleaving of the parity interleaver 23 in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph (part of Tanner graph) of the check matrix in the LDPC code.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, when there are errors, such as erasure, at the same time in a plurality of, such as two, variable nodes (code bits corresponding to the variable nodes) connected to the check node, the check node returns, to all of the variable nodes connected to the check node, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. Therefore, when there is erasure or the like at the same time in a plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node, the performance of decoding is degraded.

Incidentally, the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 is an IRA code as in the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, and the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H has a dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 11 and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

A of FIG. 15 illustrates an example of the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure, and B of FIG. 15 illustrates the Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T) in A of FIG. 15.

In the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure, the elements of 1 are adjacent to each other in each row (except for the first row). Therefore, in the Tanner graph of the parity matrix H_(T), two adjacent variable nodes corresponding to the columns of two adjacent elements in which the value of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 are connected to the same check node.

Therefore, when there are errors at the same time in the parity bits corresponding to the two adjacent variable nodes due to burst errors, erasure, or the like, the check node connected to the two variable nodes corresponding to the two parity bits with errors (variable nodes that use the parity bits to obtain messages) returns, to the variable nodes connected to the check node, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. Therefore, the performance of decoding is degraded. In addition, an increase in the burst length (the number of bits of the parity bits with consecutive errors) increases the check nodes that return the messages of equal probability, and the performance of decoding is further degraded.

Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs parity interleaving for interleaving the parity bits of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 at positions of other parity bits to prevent the degradation in the performance of decoding.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after the parity interleaving performed by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9.

Here, the information matrix H_(A) of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a cyclic structure, similar to the information matrix of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The cyclic structure is a structure in which a column coincides with a column after cyclic shift of another column. For example, the cyclic structure includes a structure in which cyclic shifting in the column direction is applied to every P columns, and the positions of 1 in the rows of the P columns are at positions after the cyclic shift such that the first column of the P columns is shifted by a predetermined value, such as a value in proportion to a value q obtained by dividing the parity length M. Hereinafter, the P columns in the cyclic structure will be appropriately referred to as a unit size.

There are two types of LDPC codes defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, that is, LDPC codes with the code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits, as described in FIGS. 12 and 13. In both of the two types of LDPC codes, the unit size P is set to 360 that is one of the divisors of the parity length M excluding 1 and M.

In addition, the parity length M is a value other than prime numbers expressed by an equation M=q×P=q×360 using the value q that varies according to the code rate. Therefore, the value q is also one of the divisors of the parity length M excluding 1 and M as in the unit size P, and the value q can be obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (product of P and q as divisors of the parity length M is the parity length M).

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving of a (K+qx+y+1)th code bit of the code bits of the LDPC code of N bits at the position of a (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, where K represents the information length as described above, x represents an integer equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than P, and y represents an integer equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than q.

Both the (K+q×+y+1)th code bit and the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit are code bits after a (K+1)th code bit, and the code bits are parity bits. Therefore, the parity interleaving moves the positions of the parity bits of the LDPC code.

According to the parity interleaving, the variable nodes (parity bits corresponding to the variable nodes) connected to the same check node are separated by the unit size P, that is, 360 bits here. Therefore, the situation that there are errors at the same time in a plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node can be prevented in a case where the burst length is smaller than 360 bits. This can improve the tolerance for burst errors.

Note that the LDPC code after the parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+q×+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit coincides with the LDPC code of the check matrix (hereinafter, also referred to as transformed check matrix) obtained by the column permutation for permuting a (K+q×+y+1)th column of the original check matrix H into a (K+Py+x+1)th column.

In addition, a quasi-cyclic structure on the basis of P columns (360 columns in FIG. 16) appears in the parity matrix of the transformed check matrix as illustrated in FIG. 16.

Here, the quasi-cyclic structure denotes a structure in which all parts except for some parts have the cyclic structure.

The transformed check matrix obtained by applying the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, lacks one element of 1 (element is 0) at part of 360 rows×360 columns (shift matrix described later) on the upper right corner of the transformed check matrix. In that respect, the transformed check matrix does not have a (complete) cyclic structure, but has, so to speak, a quasi-cyclic structure.

The transformed check matrix of the check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a quasi-cyclic structure similar to, for example, the transformed check matrix of the check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

Note that the transformed check matrix of FIG. 16 is a matrix in which permutation of rows (row permutation) is also applied to the original check matrix H in addition to the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving such that the transformed check matrix includes constituent matrices described later.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart describing a process executed by the LDPC encoder 115, the bit interleaver 116, and the mapper 117 of FIG. 8.

After the LDPC target data is supplied from the BCH encoder 114, the LDPC encoder 115 encodes the LDPC target data into the LDPC code in step S101 and supplies the LDPC code to the bit interleaver 116. The process proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the bit interleaver 116 applies bit interleaving to the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the symbol obtained by the bit interleaving to the mapper 117. The process proceeds to step S103.

That is, in step S102, the parity interleaver 23 in the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 9) applies parity interleaving to the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleaving to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 applies group-wise interleaving to the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code to the block interleaver 25.

The block interleaver 25 applies block interleaving to the LDPC code after the group-wise interleaving of the group-wise interleaver 24 and supplies the symbol of m bits obtained as a result of the block interleaving to the mapper 117.

In step S103, the mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the symbol from the block interleaver 25 on one of 2^(m) constellation points defined in the modulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117. The mapper 117 supplies the data obtained as a result of the quadrature modulation to the time interleaver 118.

In this way, the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving can be performed to improve the error rate in the case of transmitting the plurality of code bits of the LDPC code as one symbol.

Here, although the parity interleaver 23 as a block that performs the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaver 24 as a block that performs the group-wise interleaving are separated in FIG. 9 for the convenience of description, the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24 can be integrated.

That is, both the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving can be performed by writing and reading the code bits to and from the memory and can be expressed by a matrix for converting an address for writing the code bit (write address) into an address for reading the code bit (read address).

Therefore, a matrix obtained by multiplying a matrix representing the parity interleaving by a matrix representing the group-wise interleaving can be provided. The matrices can be used to convert the code bits to perform the parity interleaving, and results of the group-wise interleaving of the LDPC code after the parity interleaving can be further obtained.

Furthermore, the block interleaver 25 can also be integrated in addition to the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24.

That is, the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 can also be expressed by a matrix for converting the write address of the memory for storing the LDPC code into the read address.

Therefore, a matrix obtained by multiplying the matrix representing the parity interleaving, the matrix representing the group-wise interleaving, and the matrix representing the block interleaving can be provided. The matrices can be used to perform the parity interleaving, the group-wise interleaving, and the block interleaving all at once.

Note that one or both the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving may not be performed.

<Configuration Example of LDPC Encoder 115>

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

Note that the LDPC encoder 122 of FIG. 8 also has a similar configuration.

As described in FIGS. 12 and 13, the LDPC codes with two types of code length N, that is, 64800 bits and 16200 bits, are defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

Furthermore, eleven code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 64800 bits, and ten code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 16200 bits (FIGS. 12 and 13).

The LDPC encoder 115 can use, for example, the LDPC code with code length N of 64800 bits or 16200 bits at each code rate to perform encoding (error correction coding) according to the check matrix H prepared for each code length N and each code rate.

In addition, the LDPC encoder 115 can perform the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H of the LDPC code with an arbitrary code length N at an arbitrary code rate r.

The LDPC encoder 115 includes a coding processing unit 601 and a storage unit 602.

The coding processing unit 601 includes a code rate setting unit 611, an initial value table reading unit 612, a check matrix generation unit 613, an information bit reading unit 614, a code parity computation unit 615, and a control unit 616. The coding processing unit 601 applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding to the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 8).

That is, the code rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and the code rate r of the LDPC code as well as other specification information for specifying the LDPC code according to, for example, operation of the operator.

The initial value table reading unit 612 reads, from the storage unit 602, a check matrix initial value table described later indicating the check matrix of the LDPC code specified in the specification information set by the code rate setting unit 611.

The check matrix generation unit 613 generates the check matrix H based on the check matrix initial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612 and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602. For example, the check matrix generation unit 613 arranges elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A), which corresponds to the information length K (=code length N−parity length M) according to the code length N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611, in the column direction at a period of 360 columns (unit size P) to generate the check matrix H and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

The information bit reading unit 614 reads (extracts) information bits equivalent to the information length K from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115.

The code parity computation unit 615 reads the check matrix H generated by the check matrix generation unit 613 from the storage unit 602 and uses the check matrix H to calculate parity bits for the information bits read by the information bit reading unit 614 based on a predetermined equation to generate a code word (LDPC code).

The control unit 616 controls each block of the coding processing unit 601.

The storage unit 602 stores, for example, a plurality of check matrix initial value tables corresponding to the plurality of code rates and the like illustrated in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 regarding each code length N, such as 64800 bits and 16200 bits. The storage unit 602 also temporarily stores data necessary for the process of the coding processing unit 601.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart describing an example of the process of the LDPC encoder 115 in FIG. 18.

In step S201, the code rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and the code rate r in the LDPC coding as well as other specification information for specifying the LDPC code.

In step S202, the initial value table reading unit 612 reads, from the storage unit 602, a preset check matrix initial value table specified by the code length N, the code rate r, and the like as specification information set by the code rate setting unit 611.

In step S203, the check matrix generation unit 613 uses the check matrix initial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612 from the storage unit 602 to obtain (generate) the check matrix H of the LDPC code with the code length N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611 and supplies and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

In step S204, the information bit reading unit 614 reads the information bits with the information length K (=N×r) corresponding to the code length N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611 from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and reads the check matrix H obtained by the check matrix generation unit 613 from the storage unit 602. The information bit reading unit 614 supplies the information bits and the check matrix H to the code parity computation unit 615.

In step S205, the code parity computation unit 615 uses the information bits and the check matrix H from the information bit reading unit 614 to sequentially compute parity bits of the code word c satisfying Equation (8). Hc ^(T)=0   (8)

In Equation (8), c represents the row vector as a code word (LDPC code), and c^(T) represents the transpose of the row vector c.

Here, as described above, the part of the information bits of the row vector c as the LDPC code (1 code word) is expressed by the row vector A, and the part of the parity bits is expressed by the row vector T. In this case, the row vector A as the information bits and the row vector T as the parity bits can be used to express the row vector c by an equation c=[A|T].

The check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] as the LDPC code need to satisfy an equation Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T as parity bits included in the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the equation Hc^(T)=0 can be successively obtained by setting the element of each row to 0 in order from the element of the first row in the column vector Hc^(T) in the equation Hc^(T)=0 in the case where the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] has the dual diagonal structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

The code parity computation unit 615 obtains parity bits T for information bits A from the information bit reading unit 614 and outputs a code word c=[A|T] represented by the information bits A and the parity bits T as an LDPC coding result of the information bits A.

Subsequently, the control unit 616 determines whether to end the LDPC coding in step S206. If it is determined not to end the LDPC coding in step S206, that is, if, for example, there is still LDPC target data to be applied with LDPC coding, the process returns to step S201 (or step S204), and the process of steps S201 (or S204) to S206 is repeated.

In addition, if it is determined to end the LDPC coding in step S206, that is, if, for example, there is no LDPC target data to be applied with LDPC coding, the LDPC encoder 115 ends the process.

Check matrix initial value tables (representing check matrices) of LDPC codes with various code lengths N and code rates r can be prepared for the LDPC encoder 115. The LDPC encoder 115 can use the check matrices H generated from the prepared check matrix initial value tables to apply the LDPC coding to the LDPC codes with various code lengths N and code rates r.

<Example of Check Matrix Initial Value Table>

The check matrix initial value table is, for example, a table indicating, on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P), the positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) of the check matrix H corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the code rate r of the LDPC code (LDPC code defined by the check matrix H). The check matrix initial value table is created in advance for each check matrix H with each code length N and each code rate r.

That is, the check matrix initial value table at least indicates the positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P).

In addition, the check matrices H include a check matrix, in which the entire parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and a check matrix, in which part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part is a diagonal matrix (identity matrix).

Hereinafter, the expression system of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix in which part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part is the diagonal matrix will also be referred to as a type A system. In addition, the expression system of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix in which the entire parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure will also be referred to as a type B system.

In addition, the LDPC code for the check matrix indicated by the check matrix initial value table of the type A system will also be referred to as a type A code, and the LDPC code for the check matrix indicated by the check matrix initial value table of the type B system will also be referred to as a type B code.

The names “type A” and “type B” are names compliant with the standard of ATSC3.0. For example, both the type A code and the type B code are adopted in ATSC3.0.

Note that the type B code is adopted in DVB-T.2 and the like.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B system.

That is, FIG. 20 illustrates a check matrix initial value table (indicating the check matrix H) of the type B code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2, in which the code length N is 16200 bits, and the code rate (code rate described in DVB-T.2) r is 1/4.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table of the type B system to obtain the check matrix H as follows.

FIG. 21 is a diagram describing a method of obtaining the check matrix H from the check matrix initial value table of the type B system.

That is, FIG. 21 illustrates a check matrix initial value table of the type B code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2, in which the code length N is 16200 bits, and the code rate r is 2/3.

The check matrix initial value table of the type B system is a table indicating, on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P), the positions of elements of 1 in the entire information matrix H_(A) corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the code rate r of the LDPC code. In an ith row of the check matrix initial value table, the row numbers of elements of 1 in a (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H (row numbers in which the row numbers of the first row of the check matrix H are 0) are arranged, and the number of row numbers is equivalent to the column weight of the (1+360×(i−1))th column.

Here, the parity matrix H_(T) (FIG. 10) of the check matrix H of the type B system corresponding to the parity length M has the dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 15, and the check matrix H can be obtained if the check matrix initial value table can be used to obtain the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) corresponding to the information length K.

The number of rows k+1 of the check matrix initial value table of the type B system varies according to the information length K.

The relationship of Equation (9) holds between the information length K and the number of rows K+1 of the check matrix initial value table. K=(k+1)×360   (9)

Here, 360 of Equation (9) is the unit size P described in FIG. 16.

In the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21, thirteen numerical values are arranged from the 1st row to the 3rd row, and three numerical values are arranged from the 4th row to the (k+1)th row (30th row in FIG. 21).

Therefore, the column weight of the check matrix H obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 is 13 from the 1st column to the (1+360×(3−1)−1)th column and is 3 from the (1+360×(3−1))th column to the Kth column.

The first row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 21 indicates 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622, and this indicates that the elements of the rows with row numbers 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622 are 1 (and other elements are 0) in the first column of the check matrix H.

Furthermore, the second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 21 indicates 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108, and this indicates that the elements of the rows with row numbers 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108 are 1 in the 361 (=1+360×(2−1))st column of the check matrix H.

In this way, the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) of the check matrix H on the basis of 360 columns.

For each column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column in the check matrix H, that is, for each column from the (2+360×(i−1))th column to the (360×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting to the elements of 1 in the (1+360×(i−1))th column, which is determined by the check matrix initial value table, in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) according to the parity length M.

That is, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of M/360 (=q) to obtain the (2+360×(i−1))th column, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×M/360 (=2×q) (cyclic shifting is applied to the (2+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of M/360 (=q)) to obtain the next (3+360×(i−1))th column.

Now, a row number H_(w-j) of the element of 1 in a wth column that is a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H can be obtained by Equation (10), where h_(i,j) represents the numerical value of the jth column (jth from the left) of the ith row (ith from the top) in the check matrix initial value table, and H_(w-j) represents the row number of the jth element of 1 in the wth column of the check matrix H. H _(w-j)=mod{h _(i,j)+mod((w−1)p)×q,M}   (10)

Here, mod(x,y) denotes a remainder after dividing x by y.

In addition, P represents the unit size, and P in the present embodiment is, for example, 360 as in the standard of DVB-T.2 or ATSC3.0. Furthermore, q represents a value M/360 obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (=360).

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table to specify the row numbers of the elements of 1 in the (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) further uses Equation (10) to obtain the row numbers H_(w-j) of the elements of 1 in the wth column that is a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column in the check matrix H and generates the check matrix H in which the elements of the obtained row numbers are 1.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the check matrix H of the type A system.

The check matrix of the type A system includes a matrix A, a matrix B, a matrix C, a matrix D, and a matrix Z.

The matrix A is a matrix with M1 rows and K columns on the upper left of the check matrix H expressed by a predetermined value M1 and the information length K=code length N×code rate r of the LDPC code.

The matrix B is a matrix with M1 rows and M1 columns in the dual diagonal structure adjacent to and on the right of the matrix A.

The matrix C is a matrix with N−K−M1 rows and K+M1 columns adjacent to and below the matrix A and the matrix B.

The matrix D is an identity matrix with N−K−M1 rows and N−K−M1 columns adjacent to and on the right of the matrix C.

The matrix Z is a zero matrix (0 matrix) with M1 rows and N−K−M1 columns adjacent to and on the right of the matrix B.

In the check matrix H of the type A system including the matrices A to D and the matrix Z, the matrix A and part of the matrix C provide the information matrix, and the matrix B, the remaining part of the matrix C, the matrix D, and the matrix Z provide the parity matrix.

Note that the matrix B is a matrix in the dual diagonal structure, and the matrix D is an identity matrix. Therefore, part (part of matrix B) of the parity matrix in the check matrix H of the type A system has a dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part (part of matrix D) is a diagonal matrix (identity matrix).

The matrix A and the matrix C have the cyclic structures on the basis of the columns in the unit size P (for example, 360 columns) as in the information matrix of the check matrix H of the type B system, and the check matrix initial value table of the type A system indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of 360 columns.

Here, the matrix A and part of the matrix C provide the information matrix as described above. Therefore, it can be stated that the check matrix initial value table of the type A system indicating the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of 360 columns at least indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the information matrix on the basis of 360 columns.

Note that the check matrix initial value table of the type A system indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of 360 columns. Therefore, it can also be stated that the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in part of the check matrix (remaining part of the matrix C) on the basis of 360 columns.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A system.

That is, FIG. 23 illustrates an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H in which the code length N is 35 bits, and the code rate r is 2/7.

The check matrix initial value table of the type A system is a table indicating the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of the unit size P. In an ith row of the check matrix initial value table, the row numbers of the elements of 1 in a (1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H (row numbers in which the row numbers of the first rows of the check matrix H are 0) are arranged, and the number of row numbers is equivalent to the column weight of the (l+P×(i−1))th column.

Note that the unit size P is, for example, 5 here to simplify the description.

Parameters of the check matrix H of the type A system include M1, M2, Q1, and Q2.

M1 (FIG. 22) is a parameter for determining the size of the matrix B and is a multiple of the unit size P. M1 is adjusted to change the performance of the LDPC code, and M1 is adjusted to a predetermined value to determine the check matrix H. It is assumed here that 15, that is three times the unit size P=5, is adopted as M1.

M2 (FIG. 22) is a value M-M1 obtained by subtracting M1 from the parity length M.

Here, the information length K is N×r=35×2/7=10, and the parity length M is N−K=35−10=25. Therefore, M2 is M-M1=25−15=10.

Q1 is obtained according to an equation Q1=M1/P, and Q1 represents the number of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the matrix A.

That is, for each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix A in the check matrix H of the type A system, that is, for each column from the (2+P×(i−1))th column to the (P×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) to the elements of 1 in the (1+P×(i−1))th column determined by the check matrix initial value table. Q1 represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift in the matrix A.

Q2 is obtained according to an equation Q2=M2/P, and Q2 represents the number of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the matrix C.

That is, for each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix C in the check matrix H of the type A system, that is, for each column from the (2+P×(i−1))th column to the (P×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) to the elements of 1 in the (1+P×(i−1))th column determined by the check matrix initial value table. Q2 represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift in the matrix C.

Here, Q1 is M1/P=15/5=3, and Q2 is M2/P=10/5=2.

In the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, three numerical values are arranged in the first and second rows, and one numerical value is arranged in the third to fifth rows. According to the arrangement of the numerical values, the column weight of the parts of the matrix A and the matrix C in the check matrix H obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 is 3 from the 1(=1+5×(1−1))st row to the 10(=5×2)th row and is 1 from the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th row to the 25=(5×5)th row.

That is, the first row of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 indicates 2, 6, and 18, and this indicates that the elements of the rows with row numbers 2, 6, and 18 are 1 (and other elements are 0) in the first column of the check matrix H.

Here, in this case, the matrix A (FIG. 22) is a matrix with 15 rows and 10 columns (M1 rows and K columns), and the matrix C (FIG. 22) is a matrix with 10 rows and 25 columns (N−K−M1 rows and K+M1 columns). Therefore, the rows with row numbers 0 to 14 in the check matrix H are rows of the matrix A, and the rows with row numbers 15 to 24 in the check matrix H are rows of the matrix C.

Thus, of the rows with row numbers 2, 6, and 18 (hereinafter, described as rows #2, #6, and #18), the rows #2 and #6 are rows of the matrix A, and the row #18 is a row of the matrix C.

The second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates 2, 10, 19, and this indicates that the elements of the rows #2, #10, and #19 are 1 in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column of the check matrix H.

Here, in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column of the check matrix H, the rows #2 and #10 of the rows #2, #10, and #19 are rows of the matrix A, and the row #19 is a row of the matrix C.

The third row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates 22, and this indicates that the element of the row #22 is 1 in the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column of the check matrix H.

Here, the row #22 in the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column of the check matrix H is a row of the matrix C.

Similarly, 19 in the fourth row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates that the element of the row #19 is 1 in the 16(=1+5×(4−1))th column of the check matrix H, and 15 in the fifth row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates that the element of the row #15 is 1 in the 21(=1+5×(5−1))st column of the check matrix H.

In this way, the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C of the check matrix H on the basis of the unit size P=5 columns.

For each column other than the (1+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix A and the matrix C in the check matrix H, that is, for each column from the (2+5×(i−1))th column to the (5×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting to the elements of 1 in the (1+5×(i−1))th column, which is determined by the check matrix initial value table, in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) according to the parameters Q1 and Q2.

That is, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q1 (=3) to obtain the (2+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix A, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×Q1 (=2×3) (cyclic shifting is applied to the (2+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q1) to obtain the next (3+5×(i−1))th column.

In addition, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q2 (=2) to obtain the (2+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix C, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×Q2 (=2×2) (cyclic shifting is applied to the (2+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q2) to obtain the next (3+5×(i−1))th column.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the matrix A generated from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the matrix A of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #6 in the 1(=1+5×(1−1))st column are 1 according to the first row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 2(=2+5×(1−1))nd column to the 5(=5+5×(1−1))th column is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the column just before the column in the downward direction by an amount of Q1=3.

Furthermore, in the matrix A of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #10 in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column are 1 according to the second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 7(=2+5×(2−1))th column to the 10(=5+5×(2−1))th column is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the column just before the column in the downward direction by an amount of Q1=3.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating parity interleaving of the matrix B.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table to generate the matrix A and arranges the matrix B in the dual diagonal structure on the right and adjacent to the matrix A. The check matrix generation unit 613 then assumes that the matrix B is a parity matrix and performs the parity interleaving such that adjacent elements of 1 in the matrix B in the dual diagonal structure are separated by the unit size P=5 in the row direction.

FIG. 25 illustrates the matrix A and the matrix B after the parity interleaving of the matrix B of FIG. 24.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating the matrix C generated from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the matrix C of FIG. 26, the element of the row #18 in the 1(=1+5×(1−1))st column of the check matrix H is 1 according to the first row of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 2(=2+5×(1−1))nd column to the 5(=5+5×(1−1))th column of the matrix C is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the column just before the column downward by an amount of Q2=2.

Furthermore, in the matrix C of FIG. 26, the elements of the row #19 of the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column, the row #22 of the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column, the row #19 of the 16(=1+5×(4−1))th column, and the row #15 of the 21(=1+5×(5−1))st column of the check matrix H are 1 according to the second to fifth rows of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 7(=2+5×(2−1))th column to the 10(=5+5×(2−1))th column, each column from the 12(=2+5×(3−1))th column to the 15(=5+5×(3−1))th column, each column from the 17(=2+5×(4−1))th column to the 20(=5+5×(4−1))th column, and each column from the 22(=2+5×(5−1))nd column to the 25(=5+5×(5−1))th column are obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the columns just before the columns downward by an amount of Q2=2.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table to generate the matrix C and arranges the matrix C below the matrix A and the matrix B (after parity interleaving).

The check matrix generation unit 613 further arranges the matrix Z on the right and adjacent to the matrix B and arranges the matrix D on the right and adjacent to the matrix C to generate the check matrix H illustrated in FIG. 26.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating parity interleaving of the matrix D.

After generating the check matrix H of FIG. 26, the check matrix generation unit 613 assumes that the matrix D is a parity matrix and performs parity interleaving (of only the matrix D) such that elements of 1 in an odd row and the next even row in the matrix D as the identity matrix are separated by the unit size P=5 in the row direction.

FIG. 27 illustrates the check matrix H after the parity interleaving of the matrix D in the check matrix H of FIG. 26.

The LDPC encoder 115 (code parity computation unit 615 (FIG. 18) of the LDPC encoder 115) uses, for example, the check matrix H of FIG. 27 to perform the LDPC coding (generate the LDPC code).

Here, the LDPC code generated by using the check matrix H of FIG. 27 is an LDPC code after the parity interleaving. Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) does not have to perform the parity interleaving for the LDPC code generated by using the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating the check matrix H after applying column permutation, which is parity deinterleaving for deinterleaving of the parity interleaving, to the matrix B, part of the matrix C (part of the matrix C arranged below the matrix B), and the matrix D of the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

The LDPC encoder 115 can use the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding (generate the LDPC code).

In the case of using the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding, an LDPC code without the parity interleaving is obtained according to the LDPC coding. Therefore, in the case of using the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs the parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed check matrix H obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

As described later, the transformed check matrix is a matrix represented by a combination of a P×P identity matrix, a quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, a shift matrix obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix, a sum matrix that is a sum of two or more of the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix, and a P×P 0 matrix.

The transformed check matrix can be used for decoding the LDPC code to adopt architecture for performing the check node computation and the variable node computation for P times at the same time in decoding the LDPC code as described later.

<New LDPC Code>

One of the methods of ensuring favorable communication quality in the data transmission using the LDPC code includes a method of using a high-quality LDPC code.

Hereinafter, a new high-quality LDPC code (hereinafter, also referred to as new LDPC code) will be described.

Examples of the new LDPC code that can be adopted include a type A code and a type B code corresponding to the check matrix H with the cyclic structure, in which the unit size P is 360 as in DVB-T.2, ATSC3.0, and the like.

The LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8, FIG. 18) can perform LDPC coding into the new LDPC code by using the following check matrix initial value table (check matrix H obtained from the table) of the new LDPC code, in which the code length N is, for example, 69120 bits longer than 64 k bits, and the code rate r is, for example, one of 2/16, 3/16, 4/16, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16, 8/16, 9/16, 10/16, 11/16, 12/16, 13/16, and 14/16.

In this case, the check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC code is stored in the storage unit 602 of the LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8).

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table (type A system) indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 2/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=2/16).

FIGS. 31 and 32 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 3/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=3/16).

Note that FIG. 32 is a diagram continued from FIG. 31.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 4/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=4/16).

FIGS. 34 and 35 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 5/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=5/16).

Note that FIG. 35 is a diagram continued from FIG. 34.

FIGS. 36 and 37 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 6/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=6/16).

Note that FIG. 37 is a diagram continued from FIG. 36.

FIGS. 38 and 39 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 7/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=7/16).

Note that FIG. 39 is a diagram continued from FIG. 38.

FIGS. 40 and 41 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 8/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=8/16).

Note that FIG. 41 is a diagram continued from FIG. 40.

FIGS. 42 and 43 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table (type B system) indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 7/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=7/16).

Note that FIG. 43 is a diagram continued from FIG. 42.

FIGS. 44 and 45 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=7/16.

Note that FIG. 45 is a diagram continued from FIG. 44. The type B code at r=7/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table (check matrix H indicated by the table) of FIGS. 44 and 45 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 46 and 47 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 8/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=8/16).

Note that FIG. 47 is a diagram continued from FIG. 46.

FIGS. 48 and 49 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=8/16.

Note that FIG. 49 is a diagram continued from FIG. 48. The type B code at r=8/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 48 and 49 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 50, 51, and 52 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 9/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=9/16).

Note that FIG. 51 is a diagram continued from FIG. 50, and FIG. 52 is a diagram continued from FIG. 51.

FIGS. 53, 54, and 55 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=9/16.

Note that FIG. 54 is a diagram continued from FIG. 53, and FIG. 55 is a diagram continued from FIG. 54. The type B code at r=9/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 53 to 55 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 56, 57, and 58 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 10/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=10/16).

Note that FIG. 57 is a diagram continued from FIG. 56, and FIG. 58 is a diagram continued from FIG. 57.

FIGS. 59, 60, and 61 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=10/16.

Note that FIG. 60 is a diagram continued from FIG. 59, and FIG. 61 is a diagram continued from FIG. 60. The type B code at r=10/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 59 to 61 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 62, 63, and 64 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 11/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=11/16).

Note that FIG. 63 is a diagram continued from FIG. 62, and FIG. 64 is a diagram continued from FIG. 63.

FIGS. 65, 66, and 67 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=11/16.

Note that FIG. 66 is a diagram continued from FIG. 65, and FIG. 67 is a diagram continued from FIG. 66. The type B code at r=11/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 65 to 67 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 68, 69, and 70 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 12/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=12/16).

Note that FIG. 69 is a diagram continued from FIG. 68, and FIG. 70 is a diagram continued from FIG. 69.

FIGS. 71, 72, and 73 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=12/16.

Note that FIG. 72 is a diagram continued from FIG. 71, and FIG. 73 is a diagram continued from FIG. 72. The type B code at r=12/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 71 to 73 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 74, 75, and 76 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 13/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=13/16).

Note that FIG. 75 is a diagram continued from FIG. 74, and FIG. 76 is a diagram continued from FIG. 75.

FIGS. 77, 78, and 79 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=13/16.

Note that FIG. 78 is a diagram continued from FIG. 77, and FIG. 79 is a diagram continued from FIG. 78. The type B code at r=13/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 77 to 79 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 80, 81, and 82 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 14/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=14/16).

Note that FIG. 81 is a diagram continued from FIG. 80, and FIG. 82 is a diagram continued from FIG. 81.

FIGS. 83, 84, and 85 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=14/16.

Note that FIG. 84 is a diagram continued from FIG. 83, and FIG. 85 is a diagram continued from FIG. 84. The type B code at r=14/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 83 to 85 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=14/16.

The new LDPC code is a high-quality LDPC code.

Here, the high-quality LDPC code is an LDPC code obtained from an appropriate check matrix H.

The appropriate check matrix H is, for example, a check matrix satisfying predetermined conditions that reduce the BER (bit error rate) (and FER (frame error rate)) when the LDPC code obtained from the check matrix H is transmitted at low E_(s)/N₀ or E_(b)/N_(o) (signal power to noise power ratio per bit).

The appropriate check matrix H can be obtained by performing simulation for measuring the BER when, for example, the LDPC codes obtained from various check matrices satisfying the predetermined conditions are transmitted at low E_(s)/N_(o).

Examples of the predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriate check matrix H include that an analysis result obtained by a method called density evolution for analyzing the performance of the code is favorable and that there is no loop of elements of 1 called cycle-4.

Here, it is known that the decoding performance of the LDPC code is degraded if the information matrix H_(A) is crowded with elements of 1 as in the cycle-4. Therefore, it is desirable that there is no cycle-4 in the check matrix H.

In the check matrix H, the minimum value of the length of the loop (loop length) including elements of 1 is called girth. The absence of cycle-4 means that the girth is greater than 4.

Note that predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriate check matrix H can be appropriately determined from the viewpoint of improving the decoding performance of the LDPC code or facilitating (simplifying) the decoding process of the LDPC code.

FIGS. 86 and 87 are diagrams for describing density evolution that can obtain analysis results as predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriate check matrix H.

The density evolution is an analysis method of code for calculating an expected value of the error rate for the entire LDPC code (ensemble) in which the code length N characterized by a degree sequence described later is 00.

For example, when the variance of noise is gradually increased from 0 on an AWGN channel, the expected value of the error rate of an ensemble is 0 at first, but the expected value is not 0 anymore once the variance of noise becomes equal to or greater than a certain threshold.

According to the density evolution, the thresholds of the variance of noise (hereinafter, also referred to as performance thresholds), with which the expected value of the error rate is not 0 anymore, can be compared to determine the quality of the performance of ensemble (appropriateness of check matrix).

Note that for a specific LDPC code, the ensemble of the LDPC code can be determined, and the density evolution can be applied to the ensemble to estimate approximate performance of the LDPC code.

Therefore, a high-quality ensemble can be found to find the high-quality LDPC code from the LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

Here, the degree sequence indicates the ratio of the variable nodes and the check nodes with weight of each value to the code length N of the LDPC code.

For example, a regular (3,6) LDPC code at the code rate of 1/2 belongs to an ensemble characterized by a degree sequence, in which the weight (column weight) of all of the variable nodes is 3, and the weight (row weight) of all of the check nodes is 6.

FIG. 86 illustrates a Tanner graph of the ensemble.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 86, the number of variable nodes indicated by circles (∘ marks) in the figure is N equal to the code length N, and the number of check nodes indicated by rectangles (□ marks) in the figure is N/2 equal to a multiplication value obtained by multiplying the code length N by the code rate 1/2.

Three edges equal to the column weight are connected to each variable node, and therefore, the number of edges connected to the N variable nodes is 3N in total.

In addition, six edges equal to the row weight are connected to each check node, and therefore, the number of edges connected to the N/2 check nodes is 3N in total.

Furthermore, there is one interleaver in the Tanner graph of FIG. 86.

The interleaver randomly rearranges the 3N edges connected to the N variable nodes and connects each edge after the rearrangement to one of the 3N edges connected to the N/2 check nodes.

In the interleaver, there are (3N)! (=(3N)×(3N−1)× . . . ×1) rearrangement patterns of rearranging the 3N edges connected to the N variable nodes. Therefore, a set of (3N)! LDPC codes is included in the ensemble characterized by the degree sequence, in which the weight of all of the variable nodes is 3, and the weight of all of the check nodes is 6.

In the simulation for obtaining the high-quality LDPC code (appropriate check matrix), a multi-edge type ensemble is used in the density evolution.

In the multi-edge type, the interleaver linked to the edges connected to the variable nodes and linked to the edges connected to the check nodes is divided into a plurality of interleavers (multi edge), and as a result, the ensemble is more strictly characterized.

FIG. 87 illustrates an example of a Tanner graph of the multi-edge type ensemble.

There are two interleavers including a first interleaver and a second interleaver in the Tanner graph of FIG. 87.

The Tanner graph of FIG. 87 also includes v1 variable nodes each including one edge connected to the first interleaver and zero edges connected to the second interleaver, v2 variable nodes each including one edge connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the second interleaver, and v3 variable nodes each including zero edges connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the second interleaver.

The Tanner graph of FIG. 87 further includes c1 check nodes each including two edges connected to the first interleaver and zero edges connected to the second interleaver, c2 check nodes each including two edges connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the second interleaver, and c3 check nodes each including zero edges connected to the first interleaver and three edges connected to the second interleaver.

Here, the density evolution and the implementation of the density evolution are described in, for example, “On the Design of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes within 0.0045 dB of the Shannon Limit,” S. Y. Chung, G. D. Forney, T. J. Richardson, R. Urbanke, IEEE Communications Leggers, VOL. 5, No. 2, February 2001.

In the simulation for obtaining the new LDPC code (check matrix of the new LDPC code), the multi-edge type density evolution is used to find an ensemble in which the performance threshold, which is E_(b)/N₀ (signal power to noise power ratio per bit) at which the BER starts to drop (starts to decrease), becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. An LDPC code that reduces the BER in the case of using one or more quadrature modulations, such as QPSK, is selected as a high-quality LDPC code from the LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

The new LDPC code (check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix of the new LDPC code) is obtained by the simulation.

Therefore, according to the new LDPC code, favorable communication quality can be ensured in the data transmission.

FIG. 88 is a diagram describing the column weights of the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code.

For the check matrix H of the type A code, Y1 represents the column weight of K1 columns from the first column of the matrix A, Y2 represents the column weight of the following K2 columns of the matrix A, X1 represents the column weight of K1 columns from the first column of the matrix C, X2 represents the column weight of the following K2 columns of the matrix C, and X3 represents the column weight of the following M1 columns of the matrix C as illustrated in FIG. 88.

Note that K1+K2 is equal to the information length K, and M1+M2 is equal to the parity length M. Therefore, K1+K2+M1+M2 is equal to the code length N=69120 bits.

In addition, the column weight of M1−1 columns from the first column of the matrix B is 2, and the column weight of the M1th column (last column) of the matrix B is 1 in the check matrix H of the type A code. Furthermore, the column weight of the matrix D is 1, and the column weight of the matrix Z is 0.

FIG. 89 is a diagram illustrating parameters of the check matrix H of the type A code (indicated in the check matrix initial value table) of FIGS. 30 to 41.

Parameters X1, Y1, K1, X2, Y2, K2, X3, M1, and M2 and the performance threshold of the check matrix H of the type A code at r=2/16, 3/16, 4/16, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16, and 8/16 are as illustrated in FIG. 89.

The parameters X1, Y1, K1 (or K2), X2, Y2, X3, and M1 (or M2) are set to further improve the performance (for example, error rate) of the LDPC code.

FIG. 90 is a diagram describing the column weights of the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code.

For the check matrix H of the type B code, X1 represents the column weight of KX1 columns from the first column, X2 represents the column weight of the following KX2 columns, Y1 represents the column weight of the following KY1 columns, and Y2 represents the column weight of the following KY2 columns as illustrated in FIG. 90.

Note that KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2 is equal to the information length K, and KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M is equal to the code length N=69120 bits.

In addition, the column weight of M−1 columns of the last M columns excluding the last one column is 2, and the column weight of the last one column is 1 in the check matrix H of the type B code.

FIG. 91 is a diagram illustrating parameters of the check matrix H of the type B code (indicated in the check matrix initial value table) of FIGS. 42 to 85.

Parameters X1, KX1, X2, KX2, Y1, KY1, Y2, KY2, and M and the performance threshold of the check matrix H of the type B code and another type B code at r=7/16, 8/16, 9/16, 10/16, 11/16, 12/16, 13/16, and 14/16 are as illustrated in FIG. 91.

The parameters X1, KX1, X2, KX2, Y1, KY1, Y2, and KY2 are set to further improve the performance of the LDPC code.

<Simulation Results>

FIGS. 92 and 93 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=2/16.

In the simulation, an AWGN channel is adopted as the communication channel 13 (FIG. 7), and the iterations C (it) for decoding the LDPC code is 50.

The capacity (communication channel capacity) represents the amount of information that can be transmitted by 1 symbol, and the capacity at E_(s)/N_(o) (signal power to noise power ratio per symbol) with BER of 10⁻⁶ is obtained in the simulation.

Note that in the diagram of the BER/FER curve, the solid line represents the BER, and the dotted line represents the FER. The diagram of the capacity also illustrates the Shannon limit along with the capacity for the LDPC code. This is similar in the following diagrams of simulation results.

FIGS. 94 and 95 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=3/16.

FIGS. 96 and 97 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=4/16.

FIGS. 98 and 99 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=5/16.

FIGS. 100 and 101 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=6/16.

FIGS. 102 and 103 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 104 and 105 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 106 and 107 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 108 and 109 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 110 and 111 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 112 and 113 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 114 and 115 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 116 and 117 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 118 and 119 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 120 and 121 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 122 and 123 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 124 and 125 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 126 and 127 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 128 and 129 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 130 and 131 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 132 and 133 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 134 and 135 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=14/16.

FIGS. 136 and 137 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=14/16.

According to the simulation results of FIGS. 92 to 137, it can be recognized that the new LDPC code realizes a favorable BER/FER and realizes a capacity close to the Shannon limit.

<Constellation>

FIGS. 138 to 141 are diagrams illustrating an example of the constellation adopted in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, the constellation to be used in MODCOD, which is a combination of modulation system (MODulation) and LDPC code (CODe), can be set for the MODCOD, for example.

One or more constellations can be set for one MODCOD.

The constellations include a UC (Uniform Constellation) with uniform arrangement of constellation points and an NUC (Non Uniform Constellation) with non-uniform arrangement of constellation points.

In addition, examples of the NUC include a constellation called 1D NUC (1-dimensional M²-QAM non-uniform constellation) and a constellation called 2D NUC (2-dimensional QQAM non-uniform constellation).

In general, the BER improves more in the 1D NUC than in the UC, and the BER improves more in the 2D NUC than in the 1D NUC.

The constellation in the modulation system of QPSK is the UC. The constellation in the modulation system of 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, or the like can be, for example, the 2D NUC, and the constellation in the modulation system of 1024QAM, 4096QAM, or the like can be, for example, the 1D NUC.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, the constellation defined in ATSC3.0 or the like can be used, for example.

That is, for example, the same constellation can be used for each code rate r of the LDPC code in the case where the modulation system is QPSK.

In addition, for example, the constellation of 2D NUC that varies according to the code rate r of the LDPC code can be used in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, 64QAM, or 256QAM.

Furthermore, for example, the constellation of 1D NUC that various according to the code rate r of the LDPC code can be used in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM or 4096QAM.

Hereinafter, some of the constellations defined in ATSC3.0 will be described.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of signal points of the constellation of UC used for all of the code rates of the LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is QPSK.

In FIG. 138, “Input Data cell y” indicates a symbol of 2 bits mapped on the UC of QPSK, and “Constellation point z_(s)” indicates coordinates of the constellation point z_(s). Note that an index s of the constellation point z_(s) indicates discrete time of the symbol (time interval between a symbol and the next symbol).

In FIG. 138, the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) are expressed in a form of a complex number, and j indicates an imaginary unit (√(−1)).

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of constellation points of the constellation of 2D NUC used for code rates r(CR)=2/15, 3/15, 4/15, 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15 of the LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM.

In FIG. 139, the coordinates of the constellation points z₅ are expressed in a form of a complex number, and j indicates an imaginary unit as in FIG. 138.

In FIG. 139, w # k represents coordinates of the constellation point in the first quadrant of the constellation.

In the 2D NUC, the constellation point in the second quadrant of the constellation is arranged at the position where the constellation point in the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the Q axis, and the constellation point in the third quadrant of the constellation is arranged at the position where the constellation point in the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the origin. In addition, the constellation point in the fourth quadrant of the constellation is arranged at the position where the constellation point in the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the I axis.

Here, in the case where the modulation system is 2^(m)QAM, m bits are set as 1 symbol, and the 1 symbol is mapped on the constellation point corresponding to the symbol.

The symbols of m bits can be expressed by, for example, integer values from 0 to 2^(m)−1. Now, assuming that b=2^(m)/4 is set, symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , y(2′−1) expressed by the integer values from 0 to 2^(m)−1 can be classified into four groups including symbols y(0) to y(b−1), symbols y(b) to y(2b−1), symbols y(2b) to y(3b−1), and symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1).

In FIG. 139, a suffix k of w # k indicates integer values in a range of 0 to b−1, and w # k indicates coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols (k) in the range of the symbols y(0) to y(b−1).

Furthermore, the coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols y(k+b) in the range of the symbols y(b) to y(2b−1) are represented by −conj(w # k), and the coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols y(k+2b) in the range of the symbols y(2b) to y(3b−1) are represented by conj(w # k). In addition, the coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols y(k+3b) in the range of the symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1) are represented by −w # k.

Here, conj(w # k) represents complex conjugate of w # k.

For example, in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, b=2⁴/4=4 is set for the symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , and y(15) of m=4 bits, and the symbols are classified into four groups including symbols y(0) to y(3), symbols y(4) to y(7), symbols y(8) to y(11), and symbols y(12) to y(15).

In addition, for example, the symbol y(12) of the symbols y(0) to y(15) is a symbol y(k+3b)=y(0+3×4) in the range of symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1), and since k=0 is set, the coordinates of the constellation point corresponding to the symbol y(12) is −w # k=−w0.

Now, assuming that the code rate r(CR) of the LDPC code is, for example, 9/15, w0 is 0.2386+j0.5296 in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, and the code rate r is 9/15 according to FIG. 139. Therefore, the coordinates −w0 of the constellation point corresponding to the symbol y(12) is −(0.2386+j0.5296).

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of constellation points of 1D NUC used for the code rates r(CR)=2/15, 3/15, 4/15, 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15 of the LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM.

In FIG. 140, u # k represents a real part Re(z_(s)) and an imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of a complex number as coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the symbol y of 1024QAM and the u # k indicating the real part Re(z_(s)) and the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the complex number representing the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

Now, the 10-bit symbol y of 1024QAM will be represented by y_(0,s), y_(1,s), y_(2,s), y_(3,s), y_(4,s), y_(5,s), y_(6,s), y_(7,s), y_(8,s), and y_(9,s), from the top bit (most significant bit).

A of FIG. 141 illustrates a correspondence between the five even bits y_(1,s), y_(3,s), y_(5,s), y_(7,s), and y_(9,s), of the symbol y and the u # k indicating the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) (coordinates) corresponding to the symbol y.

B of FIG. 141 illustrates a correspondence between the five odd bits y_(0,s), y_(2,s), y_(4,s), y_(6,s), and y_(8,s) of the symbol y and the u # k indicating the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y.

In a case where the 10-bit symbol y=(y_(0,s), y_(1,s), y_(2,s), y_(3,s), y_(4,s), y_(5,s), y_(6,s), y_(7,s), y_(8,s), y_(9,s)) of 1024QAM is, for example, (0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0), the five odd bits (y_(0,s), y_(2,s), y_(4,s), y_(6,s), y_(8,s)) are (0, 1, 0, 1, 0), and the five even bits (y_(1,s), y_(9,s)) are (0, 0, 1, 1, 0).

In A of FIG. 141, the five even bits (0, 0, 1, 1, 0) are associated with u11, and therefore, the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11.

In B of FIG. 141, the five odd bits (0, 1, 0, 1, 0) are associated with u3, and therefore, the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u3.

On the other hand, assuming that the code rate r of the LDPC code is, for example, 6/15, u3 is 0.1295 and u11 is 0.7196 for the 1D NUC used in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM and the code rate of the LDPC code is r(CR)=6/15, according to FIG. 140.

Therefore, the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11=0.7196, and the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) is u3=0.1295. As a result, the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is indicated by 0.7196+j0.1295.

Note that the constellation points of the 1D NUC are arranged in a grid pattern on a straight line parallel to the I axis and on a straight line parallel to the Q axis in the constellation. However, the intervals between the constellation points are not constant. In addition, the average power of the constellation points on the constellation can be normalized in transmitting the constellation points (data mapped on the constellation points). A mean square value of absolute values of all the constellation points (coordinates of the constellation points) on the constellation can be defined as P_(ave), and the normalization can be performed by multiplying a reciprocal 1/(√P_(ave)) of a square root √P_(ave) of the mean square value P_(ave) by each constellation point z_(s) on the constellation.

The constellation and the like defined in ATSC3.0 can be used in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

<Block Interleaver 25>

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9.

The block interleaver 25 includes a storage area called part 1 and a storage area called part 2.

Each of the parts 1 and 2 includes a column as a storage area for storing 1 bit in the row (horizontal) direction and storing a predetermined number of bits in the column (vertical) direction, and the number of columns arranged in the row direction is C equal to the number of bits m of the symbol.

(R1+R2)×C is equal to the code length N of the LDPC code as a target of block interleaving, where R1 represents the number of bits stored in the column of the part 1 in the column direction (hereinafter, also referred to as part column length), and R2 represents the part column length of the column of the part 2.

In addition, the part column length R1 is equal to a multiple of 360 bits that is the unit size P, and the part column length R2 is equal to a remainder after dividing a sum (hereinafter, also referred to as column length) R1+R2 of the part column length R1 of the part 1 and the part column length R2 of the part 2 by 360 bits that is the unit size P.

Here, the column length R1+R2 is equal to a value obtained by dividing the code length N of the LDPC code as a target of block interleaving by the number of bits m of the symbol.

For example, in the case where 16QAM is adopted as a modulation system for the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits, the number of bits m of the symbol is 4 bits, and the column length R1+R2 is 17280 (=69120/4) bits.

Furthermore, the remainder after dividing the column length R1+R2=17280 by 360 bits that is the unit size P is 0, and the part column length R2 of the part 2 is 0 bits.

In addition, the part column length R1 of the part 1 is R1+R2-R2=17280−0=17280 bits.

FIG. 143 is a diagram describing the block interleaving performed in the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

The block interleaver 25 performs the block interleaving by writing and reading the LDPC code to and from the parts 1 and 2.

That is, in the block interleaving, the code bits of the LDPC code of 1 code word are written from top to bottom of the column (column direction) of the part 1, and this is performed in the columns from left to right as illustrated in A of FIG. 143.

In addition, when the writing of the code bits up to the bottom of the column at the right end (Cth column) of the columns of the part 1 is finished, the remaining code bits are written from top to bottom of the column (column direction) of the part 2, and this is performed in the columns from left to right.

Subsequently, when the writing of the code bits up to the bottom of the column at the right end (Cth column) of the columns of the part 2 is finished, the code bits are read in the row direction from the first rows of all of the C columns of the part 1 on the basis of C=m bits as illustrated in B of FIG. 143.

Furthermore, the code bits are sequentially read from all of the C columns of the part 1 toward the lower rows, and when the reading up to an R1th row as the last row is finished, the code bits are read in the row direction from the first rows of all of the C columns of the part 2 on the basis of C=m bits.

The code bits are sequentially read from all of the C columns of the part 2 toward the lower rows, and the reading is performed up to an R2th row as the last row.

The code bits read from the parts 1 and 2 on the basis of m bits in this way are supplied as a symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

<Group-Wise Interleaving>

FIG. 144 is a diagram describing the group-wise interleaving performed in the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9.

In the group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code of 1 code word is divided from the top of the LDPC code into 360-bit units equal to the unit size P, and 360 bits of 1 division are set as a bit group. The LDPC code of 1 code word is interleaved on the basis of bit groups according to a predetermined pattern (hereinafter, also referred to as GW pattern).

Here, an (i+1)th bit group from the top when the LDPC code of 1 code word is divided into the bit groups will also be referred to as a bit group i.

In the case where the unit size P is 360, the LDPC code with the code length N of 1800 bits is divided into (=1800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, for example. Furthermore, for example, the LDPC code with the code length N of 16200 bits is divided into (=16200/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 44, and the LDPC code with the code length N of 64800 bits is divided into 180 (=64800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 179. In addition, for example, the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits is divided into 192 (=69120/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , 191.

Here, the GW pattern will be expressed by arrangement of numbers indicating the bit groups. For example, a GW pattern 4, 2, 0, 3, 1 for the LDPC code with the code length N of 1800 bits indicates that the arrangement of bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 is interleaved (rearranged) into the arrangement of bit groups 4, 2, 0, 3, and 1.

The GW pattern can be set for at least each code length N of the LDPC code.

An example of the GW pattern for the LDPC code with the code length N of 64800 bits includes a pattern for interleaving the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits into the arrangement of bit groups 39,47,96,176,33,75,165,38,27,58,90,76,17,46,10,91,133,69, 171,32,117,78,13,146,101,36,0,138,25,77,122,49,14,125,140,93,130,2,104,102,128,4,111,151,84,167,35,127,156,55,82,8 5,66,114,8,147,115,113,5,31,100,106,48,52,67,107,18,126,1 12,50,9,143,28,160,71,79,43,98,86,94,64,3,166,105,103,118,63,51,139,172,141,175,56,74,95,29,45,129,120,168,92,150, 7,162,153,137,108,159,157,173,23,89,132,57,37,70,134,40,2 1,149,80,1,121,59,110,142,152,15,154,145,12,170,54,155,99,22,123,72,177,131,116,44,158,73,11,65,164,119,174,34,83, 53,24,42,60,26,161,68,178,41,148,109,87,144,135,20,62,81, 169,124,6,19,30,163,61,179,136,97,16,88.

<Configuration Example of Reception Apparatus 12>

FIG. 145 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 7.

An OFDM operation unit 151 receives an OFDM signal from the transmission apparatus 11 (FIG. 7) and applies signal processing to the OFDM signal. Data obtained by the signal processing executed by the OFDM operation unit 151 is supplied to a frame management unit 152.

The frame management unit 152 executes processing (frame interpretation) of a frame including the data supplied from the OFDM operation unit 151 and supplies a signal of target data and a signal of control data obtained as a result of the processing to frequency deinterleavers 161 and 153, respectively.

The frequency deinterleaver 153 applies frequency deinterleaving to the data from the frame management unit 152 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a demapper 154.

The demapper 154 performs quadrature demodulation by demapping (constellation point arrangement decoding) the data (data on constellation) from the frequency deinterleaver 153 based on the arrangement (constellation) of the constellation points set in the quadrature modulation performed on the transmission apparatus 11 side and supplies data (LDPC code (likelihood of LDPC code)) obtained as a result of the quadrature demodulation to the LDPC decoder 155.

An LDPC decoder 155 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the demapper 154 and supplies LDPC target data (here, BCH code) obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to a BCH decoder 156.

The BCH decoder 156 applies BCH decoding to the LDPC target data from the LDPC decoder 155 and outputs control data (signalling) obtained as a result of the BCH decoding.

On the other hand, the frequency deinterleaver 161 applies frequency deinterleaving to the data from the frame management unit 152 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a SISO/MISO decoder 162.

The SISO/MISO decoder 162 performs space-time decoding of the data from the frequency deinterleaver 161 and supplies the data to a time deinterleaver 163.

The time deinterleaver 163 applies time deinterleaving to the data from the SISO/MISO decoder 162 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a demapper 164.

The demapper 164 performs quadrature demodulation by demapping (constellation point arrangement decoding) the data (data on constellation) from the time deinterleaver 163 based on the arrangement (constellation) of the constellation points set in the quadrature modulation performed on the transmission apparatus 11 side and supplies the data obtained as a result of the quadrature demodulation to a bit deinterleaver 165.

The bit deinterleaver 165 performs bit deinterleaving of the data from the demapper 164 and supplies an LDPC code (likelihood of LDPC code) that is data after the bit deinterleaving to an LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 and supplies LDPC target data (here, BCH code) obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to a BCH decoder 167.

The BCH decoder 167 applies BCH decoding to the LDPC target data from the LDPC decoder 155 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BCH decoding to a BB descrambler 168.

The BB descrambler 168 applies BB descrambling to the data from the BCH decoder 167 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BB descrambling to a null deletion unit 169.

The null deletion unit 169 deletes Null inserted by the padder 112 of FIG. 8 from the data from the BB descrambler 168 and supplies the data to a demultiplexer 170.

The demultiplexer 170 separates each of one or more streams (target data) multiplexed with the data from the null detection unit 169, applies necessary processing to the streams, and outputs the streams as output streams.

Note that the reception apparatus 12 may not be provided with part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 145. That is, for example, in the case where the transmission apparatus 11 (FIG. 8) does not include the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124, the reception apparatus 12 may not include the time deinterleaver 163, the SISO/MISO decoder 162, the frequency deinterleaver 161, and the frequency deinterleaver 153 that are blocks corresponding to the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124 of the transmission apparatus 11, respectively.

<Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 146 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 145.

The bit deinterleaver 165 includes a block deinterleaver 54 and a group-wise deinterleaver 55 and performs deinterleaving (bit deinterleaving) of the symbol bits of the symbol that is the data from the demapper 164 (FIG. 145).

That is, the block deinterleaver 54 applies block deinterleaving (process opposite the block interleaving), which corresponds to the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9, to the symbol bits of the symbol from the demapper 164, that is, performs block deinterleaving for returning the positions of the code bits (likelihood of the code bits) of the LDPC code rearranged in the block interleaving to the original positions. The block deinterleaver 54 supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies group-wise deinterleaving (process opposite the group-wise interleaving), which corresponds to the group-wise interleaving performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9, to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, that is, performs group-wise deinterleaving for rearranging, on the basis of bit groups, the code bits of the LDPC code, in which the arrangement is changed on the basis of bit groups in the group-wise interleaving described in FIG. 144, to restore the original arrangement, for example.

Here, in the case where the parity interleaving, the group-wise interleaving, and the block interleaving are applied to the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 164 to the bit deinterleaver 165, the bit deinterleaver 165 can perform all of the parity deinterleaving corresponding to the parity interleaving (process opposite the parity interleaving, that is, parity deinterleaving for restoring the original arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code in which the arrangement is changed in the parity interleaving), the block deinterleaving corresponding to the block interleaving, and the group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving.

However, although the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 146 includes the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleaving corresponding to the block interleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving, the bit deinterleaver 165 does not include a block that performs the parity deinterleaving corresponding to the parity interleaving, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed.

Therefore, the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaving are performed, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed for the LDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 (group-wise deinterleaver 55 of the bit deinterleaver 165) to the LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 uses the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding or uses the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix of the type A system (FIG. 27) to thereby apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165. The LDPC decoder 166 outputs, as a decoding result of the LDPC target data, the data obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding.

FIG. 147 is a flow chart describing a process executed by the demapper 164, the bit deinterleaver 165, and the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 146.

In step S111, the demapper 164 demaps the data from the time deinterleaver 163 (data on the constellation mapped on the constellation point) to perform quadrature demodulation of the data and supplies the data to the bit deinterleaver 165. The process proceeds to step S112.

In step S112, the bit deinterleaver 165 performs deinterleaving (bit deinterleaving) of the data from the demapper 164, and the process proceeds to step S113.

That is, in step S112, the block deinterleaver 54 of the bit deinterleaver 165 applies the block deinterleaving to the data (symbol) from the demapper 164 and supplies the code bits of the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies the group-wise deinterleaving to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54 and supplies the LDPC code (likelihood of the LDPC code) obtained as a result of the group-wise deinterleaving to the LDPC decoder 166.

In step S113, the LDPC decoder 166 uses the check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding, that is, uses, for example, the transformed check matrix obtained from the check matrix H, to apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the group-wise deinterleaver 55. The LDPC decoder 166 outputs, as a decoding result of the LDPC target data, the data obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to the BCH decoder 167.

Note that in FIG. 146, although the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving are separated for the convenience of description as in the case of FIG. 9, the block deinterleaver 54 and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 can be integrated.

Furthermore, in the case where the transmission apparatus 11 does not perform the group-wise interleaving, the reception apparatus 12 may not include the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving.

<LDPC Decoding>

The LDPC decoding performed in the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145 will be further described.

As described above, the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145 uses the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding or uses the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix of the type A system (FIG. 27) to thereby apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the group-wise deinterleaver 55, in which the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaving are performed, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed.

Here, LDPC decoding performed by using the transformed check matrix to allow reducing the operating frequency to a sufficiently realizable range while reducing the circuit scale is previously proposed (for example, see Japanese Patent No. 4224777).

Therefore, the previously proposed LDPC decoding using the transformed check matrix will be described first with reference to FIGS. 148 to 151.

FIG. 148 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H of the LDPC code, in which the code length N is 90, and the code rate is 2/3.

Note that 0 is expressed by a period (.) in FIG. 148 (similar in FIGS. 149 and 150 described later).

In the check matrix H of FIG. 148, the parity matrix has the dual diagonal structure.

FIG. 149 is a diagram illustrating a check matrix H′ obtained by applying row permutation of Equation (11) and column permutation of Equation (12) to the check matrix H of FIG. 148. Row permutation: 6s+t+1st row→5t+s+1st row   (11) Column permutation: 6x+y+61st column→5y+x+61st column   (12)

Here, s, t, x, and y in Equations (11) and (12) are integers in ranges of 0≤s<5, 0≤t<6, 0≤x<5, and 0≤t<6, respectively.

According to the row permutation of Equation (11), the permutation is performed such that 1st, 7th, 13th, 19th, and 25th rows, in which the remainder is 1 after dividing the rows by 6, are permuted into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th rows, respectively, and 2nd, 8th, 14th, 20th, and 26th rows, in which the remainder is 2 after dividing the rows by 6, are permuted into 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th rows, respectively.

In addition, according to the column permutation of Equation (12), the permutation is applied to the columns from the 61st column (parity matrix) such that 61st, 67th, 73rd, 79th, and 85th columns, in which the remainder is 1 after dividing the columns by 6, are permuted into 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th columns, respectively, and 62nd, 68th, 74th, 80th, and 86th columns, in which the remainder is 2 after dividing the columns by 6, are permuted into 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, and 70th columns, respectively.

In this way, the matrix obtained by applying the permutation of rows and columns to the check matrix H of FIG. 148 is the check matrix H′ of FIG. 149.

Here, the row permutation of the check matrix H does not affect the arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code.

In addition, the column permutation of Equation (12) is equivalent to parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+q×+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, where the information length K is 60, the unit size P is 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M (here, 30) is 6.

Therefore, the check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is a transformed check matrix obtained by performing at least the column permutation for permuting the (K+q×+y+1)th column into the (K+Py+x+1)th column in the check matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as original check matrix) H of FIG. 148.

When the same permutation as in Equation (12) is applied to the LDPC code of the original check matrix H of FIG. 148, and the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is multiplied by the result of the permutation, a 0 vector is output. That is, Hc^(T) is a 0 vector due to the nature of the check matrix, and therefore, H′c′^(T) is obviously a 0 vector, where c′ represents the row vector obtained by applying the column permutation of Equation (12) to the row vector c that is the LDPC code (1 code word) of the original check matrix H.

In this way, the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is a check matrix of the LDPC code c′ obtained by applying the column permutation of Equation (12) to the LDPC code c of the original check matrix H.

Therefore, the column permutation of Equation (12) can be applied to the LDPC code c of the original check matrix H, and the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 can be used to decode (LDPC decoding) the LDPC code c′ after the column permutation. The inverse permutation of the column permutation of Equation (12) can be applied to the decoding result. This can obtain a decoding result similar to the case of using the original check matrix H to decode the LDPC code of the check matrix H.

FIG. 150 is a diagram illustrating the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 spaced on the basis of 5×5 matrices.

In FIG. 150, the transformed check matrix H′ is represented by a combination of a 5×5 (=P×P) identity matrix that is the unit size P, a matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0 (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as quasi-identity matrix), a matrix obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as shift matrix), a sum of two or more of the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as sum matrix), and a 5×5 0 matrix.

It can be stated that the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 includes the 5×5 identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, the shift matrix, the sum matrix, and the 0 matrix. Therefore, the 5×5 matrices (identity matrix, quasi-identity matrix, shift matrix, sum matrix, and 0 matrix) included in the transformed check matrix H′ will be appropriately referred to as constituent matrices.

Architecture for performing P times of check node computation and variable node computation at the same time can be used to decode the LDPC code of the check matrix represented by the P×P constituent matrices.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a decoding apparatus that performs the decoding.

That is, FIG. 151 illustrates a configuration example of a decoding apparatus that decodes the LDPC code by using the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 obtained by applying at least the column permutation of Equation (12) to the original check matrix H of FIG. 148.

The decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 includes: an edge data storage memory 300 including six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆; a selector 301 that selects the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆; a check node calculation unit 302; two cyclic shift circuits 303 and 308; an edge data storage memory 304 including eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈; a selector 305 that selects the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈; a reception data memory 306 that stores reception data; a variable node calculation unit 307; a decode word calculation unit 309; a reception data rearrangement unit 310; and a decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

First, a method of storing data in the edge data storage memories 300 and 304 will be described.

The edge data storage memory 300 includes six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, and six is a number obtained by dividing the number of rows 30 of the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 by the number of rows (unit size P) 5 of the constituent matrices. The FIFO 300 _(y) (y=1, 2, . . . , 6) includes storage areas in a plurality of stages, and messages corresponding to five edges, which is the number of rows and the number of columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices, can be read from and written to the storage area of each stage at the same time. In addition, the number of stages of the storage areas of the FIFO 300 _(y) is nine that is the maximum number of elements of 1 (Hamming weight) in the row direction of the transformed check matrix of FIG. 150.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the first row to the fifth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 (messages v_(i) from variable nodes) is stored in the FIFO 300 ₁ in a form that the data is suppressed in the horizontal direction in each row (in a form 0 is ignored). That is, when the jth row and the ith column are expressed by (j, i), the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the 5×5 identity matrix from (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 300 ₁. The data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the shift matrix from (1, 21) to (5, 25) of the transformed check matrix H′ (shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 3 elements) is stored in the storage area of the second stage. The data is similarly stored in association with the transformed check matrix H′ in the storage areas of the third to eight stages. Furthermore, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the shift matrix from (1, 86) to (5, 90) of the transformed check matrix H′ (shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the left by an amount of 1 element after permuting 1 in the first row into 0) is stored in the storage area of the ninth stage.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the sixth row to the tenth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 is stored in the FIFO 300′. That is, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in a first shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ (sum matrix that is a sum of the first shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 1 element and a second shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 2 elements) is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 300 ₂. In addition, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the second shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the second stage.

That is, for the constituent matrices with the weight of 2 or more, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix with the weight of 1 (messages corresponding to the edges belonging to the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix) when the constituent matrices are expressed in the form of the sum of a plurality of the P×P identity matrix with the weight of 1, the quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, and the shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix is stored in the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆).

Subsequently, the data is also stored in the storage areas of the third to ninth stages in association with the transformed check matrix H′.

The FIFOs 300 ₃ to 300 ₆ similarly store the data in association with the transformed check matrix H′.

The edge data storage memory 304 includes eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, and eighteen is a number obtained by dividing the number of columns 90 of the transformed check matrix H′ by 5 that is the number of columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices. The FIFO 304 _(x) (x=1, 2, . . . , 18) includes storage areas in a plurality of stages, and messages corresponding to five edges, which is the number of rows and the number of columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices, can be read from and written to the storage area of each stage at the same time.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the first row to the fifth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 (messages u_(j) from check nodes) is stored in the FIFO 304 ₁ in a form that the data is suppressed in the vertical direction in each column (in a form 0 is ignored). That is, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the 5×5 identity matrix from (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 304 ₁. The data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the first shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ (sum matrix that is the sum of the first shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 1 element and the second shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 2 elements) is stored in the storage area of the second stage. In addition, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the second shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the third stage.

That is, for the constituent matrices with the weight of 2 or more, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix with the weight of 1 (messages corresponding to the edges belonging to the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix) when the constituent matrices are expressed in the form of the sum of a plurality of the P×P identity matrix with the weight of 1, the quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, and the shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix is stored in the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈).

Subsequently, the data is also stored in the storage areas of the fourth and fifth stages in association with the transformed check matrix H′. The number of stages of the storage areas of the FIFO 304 ₁ is five that is the maximum number of elements of 1 (Hamming weight) in the row direction in the first to fifth columns of the transformed check matrix H′.

The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₂ and 304 ₃ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and the length (the number of stages) of the data is 5. The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₄ to 304 ₁₂ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and the length of the data is 3. The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₁₃ to 304 ₁₉ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and the length of the data is 2.

Next, operation of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 will be described.

The edge data storage memory 300 includes six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ and selects, from the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, the FIFOs for storing the data of five messages D311 supplied from the cyclic shift circuit 308 of the previous stage according to information (Matrix data) D312 indicating the rows of the transformed check matrix H′ in FIG. 150 to which the messages D311 belong. The edge data storage memory 300 sequentially stores the five messages D311 all at once in the selected FIFOs. In addition, when the edge data storage memory 300 reads data, the edge data storage memory 300 sequentially reads five messages D300 ₁ from the FIFO 300 ₁ and supplies the messages D300 ₁ to the selector 301 of the next stage. After the edge data storage memory 300 finishes reading the messages from the FIFO 300 ₁, the edge data storage memory 300 also sequentially reads messages from the FIFOs 300 ₂ to 300 ₆ and supplies the messages to the selector 301.

The selector 301 selects five messages from the FIFO, from which the data is currently read, among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ according to a select signal D301 and supplies the messages as messages D302 to the check node calculation unit 302.

The check node calculation unit 302 includes five check node calculators 3021 to 3025. The check node calculation unit 302 uses the messages D302 (D302 ₁ to D302 ₅) (messages v_(i) in Equation (7)) supplied through the selector 301 to perform the check node computation according to Equation (7). The check node calculation unit 302 supplies five messages D303 (D303 ₁ to D303 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (7)) obtained as a result of the check node computation to the cyclic shift circuit 303.

The cyclic shift circuit 303 applies the cyclic shifting to the five messages D303 ₁ to D303 ₅ obtained by the check node calculation unit 302 based on information (Matrix data) D305 indicating the number of times the cyclic shifting is applied to the original identity matrix (or quasi-identity matrix) in the transformed check matrix H′ to obtain the corresponding edges. The cyclic shift circuit 303 supplies the results as messages D304 to the edge data storage memory 304.

The edge data storage memory 304 includes eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₉ and selects, from the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, the FIFOs for storing the data of the five messages D304 supplied from the cyclic shift circuit 303 of the previous stage according to the information D305 indicating the rows of the transformed check matrix H′ to which the five messages D304 belong. The edge data storage memory 304 sequentially stores the five messages D304 all at once in the selected FIFOs. In addition, when the edge data storage memory 304 reads data, the edge data storage memory 304 sequentially reads five messages D3061 from the FIFO 304 ₁ and supplies the messages D3061 to the selector 305 of the next stage. After the edge data storage memory 304 finishes reading the data from the FIFO 304 ₁, the edge data storage memory 304 also sequentially reads messages from the FIFOs 304 ₂ to 304 ₁₈ and supplies the messages to the selector 305.

The selector 305 selects five messages from the FIFO, from which the data is currently read, among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ according to a select signal D307 and supplies the messages as messages D308 to the variable node calculation unit 307 and the decode word calculation unit 309.

Meanwhile, the reception data rearrangement unit 310 applies the column permutation of Equation (12) to an LDPC code D313 corresponding to the check matrix H of FIG. 148 received through the communication channel 13 to rearrange the LDPC code D313 and supplies the LDPC code D313 as reception data D314 to the reception data memory 306. The reception data memory 306 calculates a reception LLR (log likelihood ratio) from the reception data D314 supplied from the reception data rearrangement unit 310 and stores the reception LLR. The reception data memory 306 supplies five reception LLRs at a time as reception values D309 to the variable node calculation unit 307 and the decode word calculation unit 309.

The variable node calculation unit 307 includes five variable node calculators 307 ₁ to 307 ₅. The variable node calculation unit 307 uses the messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (1)) supplied through the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u₀₁ in Equation (1)) supplied from the reception data memory 306 to perform the variable node computation according to Equation (1). The variable node calculation unit 307 supplies messages D310 (D310 ₁ to D310 ₅) (messages v_(i) in Equation (1)) obtained as a result of the computation to the cyclic shift circuit 308.

The cyclic shift circuit 308 applies the cyclic shifting to the messages D310 ₁ to D310 ₅ calculated by the variable node calculation unit 307 based on information indicating the number of times the cyclic shifting is applied to the original identity matrix (or quasi-identity matrix) in the transformed check matrix H′ to obtain the corresponding edges. The cyclic shift circuit 308 supplies the results as messages D311 to the edge data storage memory 300.

One cycle of the operation can be performed to decode the LDPC code once (variable node computation and check node computation). The decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 decodes the LDPC code for a predetermined number of times, and then, the decode word calculation unit 309 and the decoded data rearrangement unit 311 obtain and output final decoding results.

That is, the decode word calculation unit 309 includes five decode word calculators 309 ₁ to 309 ₅ and uses the five messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (5)) output by the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u₀₁ in Equation (5)) supplied from the reception data memory 306 to calculate decoding results (decode words) based on Equation (5) in the final stage of the plurality of times of decoding. The decode word calculation unit 309 supplies decoded data D315 obtained as a result of the calculation to the decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

The decoded data rearrangement unit 311 applies inverse permutation of the column permutation of Equation (12) to the decoded data D315 supplied from the decode word calculation unit 309 to rearrange the order of the decoded data D315 and outputs a final decoding result D316.

In this way, the architecture can be adopted, in which one or both the row permutation and the column permutation can be applied to the check matrix (original check matrix) to convert the check matrix into a check matrix (transformed check matrix) that can be expressed by a combination of the P×P identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the P×P identity matrix are 0, the shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix, the sum matrix that is the sum of a plurality of the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix, and the P×P 0 matrix, that is, a combination of constituent matrices. In decoding the LDPC code, the check node computation and the variable node computation can be performed at the same time for P times that is a number smaller than the number of rows or the number of columns in the check matrix. In the case of adopting the architecture for performing the node computation (check node computation and variable node computation) at the same time for P times that is a number smaller than the number of rows and the number of columns in the check matrix, the operating frequency can be reduced to a realizable range to repeat the decoding for a large number of times, as compared to the case of performing the node computation at the same time for a number of times equal to the number of rows or the number of columns in the check matrix.

The LDPC decoder 166 included in the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 145 is, for example, configured to perform the LDPC decoding by performing the check node computation and the variable node computation at the same time for P times similarly to the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

That is, to simplify the description, it is assumed now that the check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in FIG. 8 is, for example, the check matrix H illustrated in FIG. 148 in which the parity matrix has the dual diagonal structure. The parity interleaver 23 of the transmission apparatus 11 performs the parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+q×+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, in which the information length K is set to 60, the unit size P is set to 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6.

The parity interleaving is equivalent to the column permutation of Equation (12) as described above, and the LDPC decoder 166 does not have to perform the column permutation of Equation (12).

Therefore, in the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 145, the LDPC code without the parity deinterleaving, that is, the LDPC code in the state after the column permutation of Equation (12), is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the LDPC decoder 166, and the LDPC decoder 166 does not perform the column permutation of Equation (12) as described above. Except for that, the LDPC decoder 166 executes a process similar to the process of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

That is, FIG. 152 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145.

In FIG. 152, the configuration of the LDPC decoder 166 is similar to the configuration of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 except that the reception data rearrangement unit 310 of FIG. 151 is not provided. The LDPC decoder 166 executes a process similar to the process of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 except that the column permutation of Equation (12) is not performed. Therefore, the description will not be repeated.

In this way, the LDPC decoder 166 may not include the reception data rearrangement unit 310. Therefore, the scale can be smaller than the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

Note that in FIGS. 148 to 152, the code length N of the LDPC code is set to 90, the information length K is set to 60, the unit size (the number of rows and the number of columns in the constituent matrices) P is set to 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6 to simplify the description. However, the code length N, the information length K, the unit size P, and the divisor q (=M/P) are not limited to the values described above.

That is, in the transmission apparatus 11 of FIG. 8, the LDPC encoder 115 outputs the LDPC code, in which, for example, the code length N is 64800, 16200, 69120, or the like, the information length K is N−Pq (=N−M), the unit size P is 360, and the divisor q is M/P. The LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 152 can be applied to a case of applying the check node computation and the variable node computation at the same time for P times to the LDPC code to perform the LDPC decoding.

Furthermore, in a case where the part of the parity in the decoding result is not necessary after the LDPC code is decoded by the LDPC decoder 166, and only the information bits of the decoding result is to be output, the LDPC decoder 166 may not include the decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

<Configuration Example of Block Deinterleaver 54>

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 146.

The configuration of the block deinterleaver 54 is similar to the configuration of the block interleaver 25 described in FIG. 142.

Therefore, the block deinterleaver 54 includes a storage area called part 1 and a storage area called part 2. Each of the parts 1 and 2 includes a column as a storage area for storing 1 bit in the row direction and storing a predetermined number of bits in the column direction, and the number of columns arranged in the row direction is C equal to the number of bits m of the symbol.

The block deinterleaver 54 performs block deinterleaving by writing and reading the LDPC codes to and from the parts 1 and 2.

However, in the block deinterleaving, the writing of the LDPC codes (that are symbols) is performed in the order of the reading of the LDPC codes read by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

Furthermore, in the block deinterleaving, the reading of the LDPC codes is performed in the order of the writing of the LDPC codes written by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

That is, although the LDPC codes are written to the parts 1 and 2 in the column direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction in the block interleaving by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142, the LDPC codes are written to the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the column direction in the block deinterleaving by the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 153.

<Another Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 145.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to the parts corresponding to the case of FIG. 146, and the description will be appropriately omitted.

That is, the configuration of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 154 is similar to the configuration in the case of FIG. 146 except that a parity deinterleaver 1011 is newly provided.

In FIG. 154, the bit deinterleaver 165 includes the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 and performs bit deinterleaving of the code bits of the LDPC code from the demapper 164.

That is, the block deinterleaver 54 applies, to the LDPC code from the demapper 164, block deinterleaving (process opposite the block interleaving) corresponding to the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of the transmission apparatus 11, that is, block deinterleaving for returning the positions of the code bits replaced in the block interleaving to the original positions. The block deinterleaver 54 supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies, to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving as a rearrangement process executed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of the transmission apparatus 11.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the group-wise deinterleaving is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the parity deinterleaver 1011.

The parity deinterleaver 1011 applies, to the code bits after the group-wise deinterleaving by the group-wise deinterleaver 55, parity deinterleaving (process opposite the parity interleaving) corresponding to the parity interleaving performed by the parity interleaver 23 of the transmission apparatus 11, that is, parity deinterleaving for restoring the original arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code in which the arrangement is changed in the parity interleaving.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the parity deinterleaving is supplied from the parity deinterleaver 1011 to the LDPC decoder 166.

Therefore, the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 154 supplies, to the LDPC decoder 166, the LDPC code after the block deinterleaving, the group-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaving, that is, the LDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H.

The LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding.

That is, for the type B system, the LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix H (type B system) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H. In addition, for the type A system, the LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by applying the column permutation to the check matrix (type A system) (FIG. 27) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC coding.

Here, the LDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H is supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 (parity deinterleaver 1011 of the bit deinterleaver 165) to the LDPC decoder 166 in FIG. 154. Therefore, in the case where the LDPC decoding is applied to the LDPC code by using the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by applying the column permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) of the type A system used in the LDPC coding, the LDPC decoder 166 can be, for example, a decoding apparatus that performs LDPC decoding based on a full serial decoding system for sequentially computing the messages (check node messages, variable node messages) on a node-by-node basis or a decoding apparatus that performs LDPC decoding based on a full parallel decoding system for computing the messages for all of the nodes at the same time (in parallel).

Furthermore, in the case where the LDPC decoder 166 applies the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code by using the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) of the type A system used in the LDPC coding, the LDPC decoder 166 can be a decoding apparatus (FIG. 151) of architecture for performing the check node computation and the variable node computation at the same time for P times (or divisor of P other than 1), in which the decoding apparatus includes the reception data rearrangement unit 310 that rearranges the code bits of the LDPC code by applying, to the LDPC code, the column permutation similar to the column permutation (parity interleaving) for obtaining the transformed check matrix.

Note that in FIG. 154, although the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleaving, the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 that performs the parity deinterleaving are separated for the convenience of description, two or more of the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 can be integrated similarly to the parity interleaver 23, the group-wise interleaver 24, and the block interleaver 25 of the transmission apparatus 11.

<Configuration Example of Reception System>

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

In FIG. 155, the reception system includes an acquisition unit 1101, a transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and an information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The acquisition unit 1101 acquires a signal including the LDPC code obtained by applying at least the LDPC coding to the LDPC target data, such as image data and voice data of a program through a transmission path (communication channel) not illustrated, such as terrestrial digital broadcasting, satellite digital broadcasting, CATV network, Internet, and other networks, and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

Here, in a case where the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 is broadcasted from, for example, a broadcasting station, through a ground wave, a satellite wave, a CATV (Cable Television) network, or the like, the acquisition unit 1101 includes a tuner, an STB (Set Top Box), and the like. Furthermore, in a case where the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 is transmitted from, for example, a web server through multicast as in IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), the acquisition unit 1101 includes, for example, a network I/F (Interface), such as a NIC (Network Interface Card).

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is equivalent to the reception apparatus 12. The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies a transmission path decoding process, which includes at least a process of correcting an error in the transmission path, to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path and supplies the signal obtained as a result of the process to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

That is, the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path is a signal obtained by performing at least the error correction coding for correcting the error in the transmission path, and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies a transmission path decoding process, such as an error correction process, to the signal.

Here, examples of the error correction coding include LDPC coding and BCH coding. Here, at least the LDPC coding is performed as the error correction coding.

In addition, the transmission path decoding process may include demodulation of modulation signal or the like.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies an information source decoding process, which includes at least a process of decompressing compressed information into original information, to the signal after the transmission path decoding process.

That is, compression coding for compressing information is applied to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path in some cases in order to reduce the amount of data of images, voice, and the like as information. In that case, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies the information source decoding process, such as a process of decompressing the compressed information into the original information (decompression process), to the signal after the transmission path decoding process.

Note that in a case where the compression coding is not applied to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 does not execute the process of decompressing the compressed information into the original information.

Here, an example of the decompression process includes MPEG decoding. In addition, the transmission path decoding process may include descrambling and the like in addition to the decompression process.

In the reception system configured in this way, the acquisition unit 1101 applies the compression coding, such as MPEG coding, to the data, such as images and voice. The acquisition unit 1101 further acquires the signal after the error correction coding, such as LDPC coding, through the transmission path and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies the transmission path decoding process, such as a process similar to the process executed by the reception apparatus 12, to the signal from the acquisition unit 1101 and supplies the signal obtained as a result of the transmission path decoding process to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies the information source decoding process, such as MPEG decoding, to the signal from the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and outputs the images or voice obtained as a result of the information source decoding process.

The reception system of FIG. 155 can be applied to, for example, a TV tuner that receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting.

Note that each of the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can be one independent apparatus (hardware (such as IC (Integrated Circuit)) or software module).

In addition, as for the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, a set of the acquisition unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, a set of the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, or a set of the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can be one independent apparatus.

FIG. 156 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to the parts corresponding to the case of FIG. 155, and the description will be appropriately omitted.

The reception system of FIG. 156 is common with the case of FIG. 155 in that the reception system includes the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103. The reception system of FIG. 156 is different from the case of FIG. 155 in that an output unit 1111 is newly provided.

The output unit 1111 is, for example, a display apparatus that displays an image or a speaker that outputs voice. The output unit 1111 outputs an image, voice, or the like as a signal output from the information source decoding processing unit 1103. That is, the output unit 1111 displays an image or outputs voice.

The reception system of FIG. 156 can be applied to, for example, a TV (television receiver) that receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting, a radio receiver that receives radio broadcasting, or the like.

Note that in the case where the compression coding is not applied to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101, the signal output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is supplied to the output unit 1111.

FIG. 157 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to the parts corresponding to the case of FIG. 155, and the description will be appropriately omitted.

The reception system of FIG. 157 is common with the case of FIG. 155 in that the reception system includes the acquisition unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

However, the reception system of FIG. 157 is different from the case of FIG. 155 in that the information source decoding processing unit 1103 is not provided, and a recording unit 1121 is newly provided.

The recording unit 1121 records (causes storage of) a signal (for example, TS packet of TS of MPEG) output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 in a recording (storage) medium, such as an optical disk, a hard disk (magnetic disk), and a flash memory.

The reception system of FIG. 157 can be applied to a recorder that records television broadcasting and the like.

Note that in FIG. 157, the reception system can include the information source decoding processing unit 1103, and the signal after the information source decoding process applied by the information source decoding processing unit 1103, that is, an image or voice obtained by decoding, can be recorded in the recording unit 1121.

<Embodiment of Computer>

Next, the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. In the case where the series of processes are executed by software, a program included in the software is installed on a general-purpose computer or the like.

Therefore, FIG. 158 illustrates a configuration example of an embodiment of the computer in which the program for executing the series of processes is installed.

The program can be recorded in advance in a hard disk 705 or a ROM 703 as a recording medium built in the computer.

Alternatively, the program can be temporarily or permanently stored (recorded) in a removable recording medium 711, such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), an MO (Magneto Optical) disk, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory. The removable recording medium 711 can be provided as so-called packaged software.

Note that the program can be installed on the computer from the removable recording medium 711. In addition, the program can be wirelessly transferred from a download site to a computer through a satellite for digital satellite broadcasting or can be transferred from a network, such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and the Internet, to the computer through a wire. The computer can receive the program transferred in this way through a communication unit 708 and install the program on the built-in hard disk 705.

The computer includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 702. An input-output interface 710 is connected to the CPU 702 through a bus 701. When, for example, the user operates an input unit 707 including a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like to input a command to the CPU 702 through the input-output interface 710, the CPU 702 executes the program stored in the ROM (Read Only Memory) 703 according to the command. Alternatively, the CPU 702 executes the program by loading, to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 704, the program stored in the hard disk 705, the program transferred from the satellite or the network, received by the communication unit 708, and installed on the hard disk 705, or the program read from the removable recording medium 711 mounted on a drive 709 and installed on the hard disk 705. As a result, the CPU 702 executes the processes according to the flow charts or the processes executed by the components in the block diagrams. In addition, the CPU 702 outputs the processing results from an output unit 706 including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a speaker, or the like, through the input-output interface 710 or transmits the processing results from the communication unit 708 as necessary, for example. The CPU 702 further causes the processing results to be recorded in the hard disk 705, for example.

Here, in the present specification, the processing steps describing the program for causing the computer to execute various processes may not be processed in chronological orders described in the flow charts, and the present specification also includes processes executed in parallel or executed individually (for example, parallel processing or processes using objects).

In addition, the program may be processed by one computer, or a plurality of computers may execute distributed processing of the program. Furthermore, the program may be transferred to and executed by a computer at a distant place.

Note that the embodiments of the present technique are not limited to the embodiments described above, and various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present technique.

For example, the new LDPC code (check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC) can be used regardless of whether the communication channel 13 (FIG. 7) is a satellite line, a ground wave, a cable (wire line), or the like. Furthermore, the new LDPC code can also be used for data transmission other than the digital broadcasting.

Note that the advantageous effects described in the present specification are illustrative only, and the advantageous effects are not limited. There may also be other advantageous effects.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

11 Transmission apparatus, 12 Reception apparatus, 23 Parity interleaver, 24 Group-wise interleaver, 25 Block interleaver, 54 Block deinterleaver, 55 Group-wise deinterleaver, 111 Mode adaptation/multiplexer, 112 Padder, 113 BB scrambler, 114 BCH encoder, 115 LDPC encoder, 116 Bit interleaver, 117 Mapper, 118 Time interleaver, 119 SISO/MISO encoder, 120 Frequency interleaver, 121 BCH encoder, 122 LDPC encoder, 123 Mapper, 124 Frequency interleaver, 131 Frame builder & resource allocation unit, 132 OFDM generation unit, 151 OFDM operation unit, 152 Frame management unit, 153 Frequency deinterleaver, 154 Demapper, 155 LDPC decoder, 156 BCH decoder, 161 Frequency deinterleaver, 162 SISO/MISO decoder, 163 Time deinterleaver, 164 Demapper, 165 Bit deinterleaver, 166 LDPC decoder, 167 BCH decoder, 168 BB descrambler, 169 Null deletion unit, 170 Demultiplexer, 300 Edge data storage memory, 301 Selector, 302 Check node calculation unit, 303 Cyclic shift circuit, 304 Edge data storage memory, 305 Selector, 306 Reception data memory, 307 Variable node calculation unit, 308 Cyclic shift circuit, 309 Decode word calculation unit, 310 Reception data rearrangement unit, 311 Decoded data rearrangement unit, 601 Coding processing unit, 602 Storage unit, 611 Code rate setting unit, 612 Initial value table reading unit, 613 Check matrix generation unit, 614 Information bit reading unit, 615 Code parity computation unit, 616 Control unit, 701 Bus, 702 CPU, 703 ROM, 704 RAM, 705 Hard disk, 706 Output unit, 707 Input unit, 708 Communication unit, 709 Drive, 710 Input-output interface, 711 Removable recording medium, 1001 Reverse replacement unit, 1002 Memory, 1011 Parity deinterleaver, 1101 Acquisition unit, 1102 Transmission path decoding processing unit, 1103 Information source decoding processing unit, 1111 Output unit, 1121 Recording unit 

The invention claimed is:
 1. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 983 2226 4091 5418 5824 6483 6914 8239 8364 10220 10322 15658 16928 17307 18061 1584 5655 6787 7213 7270 8585 8995 9294 9832 9982 11185 12221 12889 17573 19096 319 1077 1796 2421 6574 11763 13465 14527 15147 15218 16000 18284 20199 21095 21194 767 1018 3780 3826 4288 4855 7169 7431 9151 10097 10919 12050 13261 19816 20932 173 692 3552 5046 6523 6784 9542 10482 14658 14663 15168 16153 16410 17546 20989 2214 2286 2445 2856 3562 3615 3970 6065 7117 7989 8180 15971 20253 21312 21428 532 1361 1905 3577 5147 10409 11348 11660 15230 17283 18724 20190 20542 21159 21282 3242 5061 7587 7677 8614 8834 9130 9135 9331 13480 13544 14263 15438 20548 21174 1507 4159 4946 5215 5653 6385 7131 8049 10198 10499 12215 14105 16118 17016 21371 212 1856 1981 2056 6766 8123 10128 10957 11159 11237 12893 14064 17760 18933 19009 329 5552 5948 6484 10108 10127 10816 13210 14985 15110 15565 15969 17136 18504 20818 4753 5744 6511 7062 7355 8379 8817 13503 13650 14014 15393 15640 18127 18595 20426 1152 1707 4013 5932 8540 9077 11521 11923 11954 12529 13519 15641 16262 17874 19386 858 2355 2511 3125 5531 6472 8146 11423 11558 11760 13556 15194 20782 20988 21261 216 1722 2750 3809 6210 8233 9183 10734 11339 12321 12898 15902 17437 19085 21588 1560 1718 1757 2292 2349 3992 6943 7369 7806 10282 11373 13624 14608 17087 18011 1375 1640 2015 2539 2691 2967 4344 7125 9176 9435 12378 12520 12901 15704 18897 1703 2861 2986 3574 7208 8486 9412 9879 13027 13945 14873 15546 16516 18931 21070 309 1587 3118 5472 10035 13988 15019 15322 16373 17580 17728 18125 18872 19876 20457 984 991 1203 3159 4303 5734 8850 9626 12217 17227 17269 18695 18854 19580 19684 2429 6165 6828 7761 9761 9899 9942 10151 11198 11271 13184 14026 14560 18962 20570 876 1074 5177 5185 6415 6451 10856 11603 14590 14658 16293 17221 19273 19319 20447 557 607 2473 5002 6601 9876 10284 10809 13563 14849 15710 16798 17509 18927 21306 939 1271 3085 5054 5723 5959 7530 10912 13375 16696 18753 19673 20328 21068 21258 2802 3312 5015 6041 6943 7606 9375 12116 12868 12964 13374 13594 14978 16125 18621 3002 6512 6965 6967 8504 10777 11217 11931 12647 12686 12740 12900 12958 13870 17860 151 3874 4228 7837 10244 10589 14530 15323 16462 17711 18995 19363 19376 19540 20641 1249 2946 2959 3330 4264 7797 10652 11845 12987 15974 16536 17520 19851 20150 20172 4769 11033 14937 1431 2870 15158 9416 14905 20800 1708 9944 16952 1116 1179 20743 3665 8987 16223 655 11424 17411 42 2717 11613 2787 9015 15081 3718 7305 11822 18306 18499 18843 1208 4586 10578 9494 12676 13710 10580 15127 20614 4439 15646 19861 5255 12337 14649 2532 7552 10813 1591 7781 13020 7264 8634 17208 7462 10069 17710 1320 3382 6439 4057 9762 11401 1618 7604 19881 3858 16826 17768 6158 11759 19274 3767 11872 15137 2111 5563 16776 1888 15452 17925 2840 15375 16376 3695 11232 16970 10181 16329 17920 9743 13974 17724 29 16450 20509 2393 17877 19591 1827 15175 15366 3771 14716 18363 5585 14762 19813 7186 8104 12067 2554 12025 15873 2208 5739 6150 2816 12745 17143 9363 11582 17976 5834 8178 12517 3546 15667 19511 5211 10685 20833 3399 7774 16435 3767 4542 8775 4404 6349 19426 4812 11088 16761 5761 11289 17985 9989 11488 15986 10200 16710 20899 6970 12774 20558 1304 2495 3507 5236 7678 10437 4493 10472 19880 1883 14768 21100 352 18797 20570 1411 3221 4379 3304 11013 18382 14864 16951 18782 2887 15658 17633 7109 7383 19956 4293 12990 13934 9890 15206 15786 2987 5455 8787 5782 7137 15981 736 1961 10441 2728 11808 21305 4663 4693 13680 1965 3668 9025 818 10532 16332 7006 16717 21102 2955 15500 20140 8274 13451 19436 3604 13158 21154 5519 6531 9995 1629 17919 18532 15199 16690 16884 5177 5869 14843 5 5088 19940 16910 20686 21206 10662 11610 17578 3378 4579 12849 5947 19300 19762 2545 10686 12579 4568 10814 19032 677 18652 18992 190 11377 12987 4183 6801 20025 6944 8321 15868 3311 6049 14757 7155 11435 16353 4778 5674 15973 1889 3361 7563 467 5999 10103 7613 11096 19536 2244 4442 6000 9055 13516 15414 4831 6111 10744 3792 8258 15106 6990 9168 17589 7920 11548 20786 10533 14361
 19577. 2. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 983 2226 4091 5418 5824 6483 6914 8239 8364 10220 10322 15658 16928 17307 18061 1584 5655 6787 7213 7270 8585 8995 9294 9832 9982 11185 12221 12889 17573 19096 319 1077 1796 2421 6574 11763 13465 14527 15147 15218 16000 18284 20199 21095 21194 767 1018 3780 3826 4288 4855 7169 7431 9151 10097 10919 12050 13261 19816 20932 173 692 3552 5046 6523 6784 9542 10482 14658 14663 15168 16153 16410 17546 20989 2214 2286 2445 2856 3562 3615 3970 6065 7117 7989 8180 15971 20253 21312 21428 532 1361 1905 3577 5147 10409 11348 11660 15230 17283 18724 20190 20542 21159 21282 3242 5061 7587 7677 8614 8834 9130 9135 9331 13480 13544 14263 15438 20548 21174 1507 4159 4946 5215 5653 6385 7131 8049 10198 10499 12215 14105 16118 17016 21371 212 1856 1981 2056 6766 8123 10128 10957 11159 11237 12893 14064 17760 18933 19009 329 5552 5948 6484 10108 10127 10816 13210 14985 15110 15565 15969 17136 18504 20818 4753 5744 6511 7062 7355 8379 8817 13503 13650 14014 15393 15640 18127 18595 20426 1152 1707 4013 5932 8540 9077 11521 11923 11954 12529 13519 15641 16262 17874 19386 858 2355 2511 3125 5531 6472 8146 11423 11558 11760 13556 15194 20782 20988 21261 216 1722 2750 3809 6210 8233 9183 10734 11339 12321 12898 15902 17437 19085 21588 1560 1718 1757 2292 2349 3992 6943 7369 7806 10282 11373 13624 14608 17087 18011 1375 1640 2015 2539 2691 2967 4344 7125 9176 9435 12378 12520 12901 15704 18897 1703 2861 2986 3574 7208 8486 9412 9879 13027 13945 14873 15546 16516 18931 21070 309 1587 3118 5472 10035 13988 15019 15322 16373 17580 17728 18125 18872 19876 20457 984 991 1203 3159 4303 5734 8850 9626 12217 17227 17269 18695 18854 19580 19684 2429 6165 6828 7761 9761 9899 9942 10151 11198 11271 13184 14026 14560 18962 20570 876 1074 5177 5185 6415 6451 10856 11603 14590 14658 16293 17221 19273 19319 20447 557 607 2473 5002 6601 9876 10284 10809 13563 14849 15710 16798 17509 18927 21306 939 1271 3085 5054 5723 5959 7530 10912 13375 16696 18753 19673 20328 21068 21258 2802 3312 5015 6041 6943 7606 9375 12116 12868 12964 13374 13594 14978 16125 18621 3002 6512 6965 6967 8504 10777 11217 11931 12647 12686 12740 12900 12958 13870 17860 151 3874 4228 7837 10244 10589 14530 15323 16462 17711 18995 19363 19376 19540 20641 1249 2946 2959 3330 4264 7797 10652 11845 12987 15974 16536 17520 19851 20150 20172 4769 11033 14937 1431 2870 15158 9416 14905 20800 1708 9944 16952 1116 1179 20743 3665 8987 16223 655 11424 17411 42 2717 11613 2787 9015 15081 3718 7305 11822 18306 18499 18843 1208 4586 10578 9494 12676 13710 10580 15127 20614 4439 15646 19861 5255 12337 14649 2532 7552 10813 1591 7781 13020 7264 8634 17208 7462 10069 17710 1320 3382 6439 4057 9762 11401 1618 7604 19881 3858 16826 17768 6158 11759 19274 3767 11872 15137 2111 5563 16776 1888 15452 17925 2840 15375 16376 3695 11232 16970 10181 16329 17920 9743 13974 17724 29 16450 20509 2393 17877 19591 1827 15175 15366 3771 14716 18363 5585 14762 19813 7186 8104 12067 2554 12025 15873 2208 5739 6150 2816 12745 17143 9363 11582 17976 5834 8178 12517 3546 15667 19511 5211 10685 20833 3399 7774 16435 3767 4542 8775 4404 6349 19426 4812 11088 16761 5761 11289 17985 9989 11488 15986 10200 16710 20899 6970 12774 20558 1304 2495 3507 5236 7678 10437 4493 10472 19880 1883 14768 21100 352 18797 20570 1411 3221 4379 3304 11013 18382 14864 16951 18782 2887 15658 17633 7109 7383 19956 4293 12990 13934 9890 15206 15786 2987 5455 8787 5782 7137 15981 736 1961 10441 2728 11808 21305 4663 4693 13680 1965 3668 9025 818 10532 16332 7006 16717 21102 2955 15500 20140 8274 13451 19436 3604 13158 21154 5519 6531 9995 1629 17919 18532 15199 16690 16884 5177 5869 14843 5 5088 19940 16910 20686 21206 10662 11610 17578 3378 4579 12849 5947 19300 19762 2545 10686 12579 4568 10814 19032 677 18652 18992 190 11377 12987 4183 6801 20025 6944 8321 15868 3311 6049 14757 7155 11435 16353 4778 5674 15973 1889 3361 7563 467 5999 10103 7613 11096 19536 2244 4442 6000 9055 13516 15414 4831 6111 10744 3792 8258 15106 6990 9168 17589 7920 11548 20786 10533 14361
 19577. 3. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 983 2226 4091 5418 5824 6483 6914 8239 8364 10220 10322 15658 16928 17307 18061 1584 5655 6787 7213 7270 8585 8995 9294 9832 9982 11185 12221 12889 17573 19096 319 1077 1796 2421 6574 11763 13465 14527 15147 15218 16000 18284 20199 21095 21194 767 1018 3780 3826 4288 4855 7169 7431 9151 10097 10919 12050 13261 19816 20932 173 692 3552 5046 6523 6784 9542 10482 14658 14663 15168 16153 16410 17546 20989 2214 2286 2445 2856 3562 3615 3970 6065 7117 7989 8180 15971 20253 21312 21428 532 1361 1905 3577 5147 10409 11348 11660 15230 17283 18724 20190 20542 21159 21282 3242 5061 7587 7677 8614 8834 9130 9135 9331 13480 13544 14263 15438 20548 21174 1507 4159 4946 5215 5653 6385 7131 8049 10198 10499 12215 14105 16118 17016 21371 212 1856 1981 2056 6766 8123 10128 10957 11159 11237 12893 14064 17760 18933 19009 329 5552 5948 6484 10108 10127 10816 13210 14985 15110 15565 15969 17136 18504 20818 4753 5744 6511 7062 7355 8379 8817 13503 13650 14014 15393 15640 18127 18595 20426 1152 1707 4013 5932 8540 9077 11521 11923 11954 12529 13519 15641 16262 17874 19386 858 2355 2511 3125 5531 6472 8146 11423 11558 11760 13556 15194 20782 20988 21261 216 1722 2750 3809 6210 8233 9183 10734 11339 12321 12898 15902 17437 19085 21588 1560 1718 1757 2292 2349 3992 6943 7369 7806 10282 11373 13624 14608 17087 18011 1375 1640 2015 2539 2691 2967 4344 7125 9176 9435 12378 12520 12901 15704 18897 1703 2861 2986 3574 7208 8486 9412 9879 13027 13945 14873 15546 16516 18931 21070 309 1587 3118 5472 10035 13988 15019 15322 16373 17580 17728 18125 18872 19876 20457 984 991 1203 3159 4303 5734 8850 9626 12217 17227 17269 18695 18854 19580 19684 2429 6165 6828 7761 9761 9899 9942 10151 11198 11271 13184 14026 14560 18962 20570 876 1074 5177 5185 6415 6451 10856 11603 14590 14658 16293 17221 19273 19319 20447 557 607 2473 5002 6601 9876 10284 10809 13563 14849 15710 16798 17509 18927 21306 939 1271 3085 5054 5723 5959 7530 10912 13375 16696 18753 19673 20328 21068 21258 2802 3312 5015 6041 6943 7606 9375 12116 12868 12964 13374 13594 14978 16125 18621 3002 6512 6965 6967 8504 10777 11217 11931 12647 12686 12740 12900 12958 13870 17860 151 3874 4228 7837 10244 10589 14530 15323 16462 17711 18995 19363 19376 19540 20641 1249 2946 2959 3330 4264 7797 10652 11845 12987 15974 16536 17520 19851 20150 20172 4769 11033 14937 1431 2870 15158 9416 14905 20800 1708 9944 16952 1116 1179 20743 3665 8987 16223 655 11424 17411 42 2717 11613 2787 9015 15081 3718 7305 11822 18306 18499 18843 1208 4586 10578 9494 12676 13710 10580 15127 20614 4439 15646 19861 5255 12337 14649 2532 7552 10813 1591 7781 13020 7264 8634 17208 7462 10069 17710 1320 3382 6439 4057 9762 11401 1618 7604 19881 3858 16826 17768 6158 11759 19274 3767 11872 15137 2111 5563 16776 1888 15452 17925 2840 15375 16376 3695 11232 16970 10181 16329 17920 9743 13974 17724 29 16450 20509 2393 17877 19591 1827 15175 15366 3771 14716 18363 5585 14762 19813 7186 8104 12067 2554 12025 15873 2208 5739 6150 2816 12745 17143 9363 11582 17976 5834 8178 12517 3546 15667 19511 5211 10685 20833 3399 7774 16435 3767 4542 8775 4404 6349 19426 4812 11088 16761 5761 11289 17985 9989 11488 15986 10200 16710 20899 6970 12774 20558 1304 2495 3507 5236 7678 10437 4493 10472 19880 1883 14768 21100 352 18797 20570 1411 3221 4379 3304 11013 18382 14864 16951 18782 2887 15658 17633 7109 7383 19956 4293 12990 13934 9890 15206 15786 2987 5455 8787 5782 7137 15981 736 1961 10441 2728 11808 21305 4663 4693 13680 1965 3668 9025 818 10532 16332 7006 16717 21102 2955 15500 20140 8274 13451 19436 3604 13158 21154 5519 6531 9995 1629 17919 18532 15199 16690 16884 5177 5869 14843 5 5088 19940 16910 20686 21206 10662 11610 17578 3378 4579 12849 5947 19300 19762 2545 10686 12579 4568 10814 19032 677 18652 18992 190 11377 12987 4183 6801 20025 6944 8321 15868 3311 6049 14757 7155 11435 16353 4778 5674 15973 1889 3361 7563 467 5999 10103 7613 11096 19536 2244 4442 6000 9055 13516 15414 4831 6111 10744 3792 8258 15106 6990 9168 17589 7920 11548 20786 10533 14361
 19577. 4. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 983 2226 4091 5418 5824 6483 6914 8239 8364 10220 10322 15658 16928 17307 18061 1584 5655 6787 7213 7270 8585 8995 9294 9832 9982 11185 12221 12889 17573 19096 319 1077 1796 2421 6574 11763 13465 14527 15147 15218 16000 18284 20199 21095 21194 767 1018 3780 3826 4288 4855 7169 7431 9151 10097 10919 12050 13261 19816 20932 173 692 3552 5046 6523 6784 9542 10482 14658 14663 15168 16153 16410 17546 20989 2214 2286 2445 2856 3562 3615 3970 6065 7117 7989 8180 15971 20253 21312 21428 532 1361 1905 3577 5147 10409 11348 11660 15230 17283 18724 20190 20542 21159 21282 3242 5061 7587 7677 8614 8834 9130 9135 9331 13480 13544 14263 15438 20548 21174 1507 4159 4946 5215 5653 6385 7131 8049 10198 10499 12215 14105 16118 17016 21371 212 1856 1981 2056 6766 8123 10128 10957 11159 11237 12893 14064 17760 18933 19009 329 5552 5948 6484 10108 10127 10816 13210 14985 15110 15565 15969 17136 18504 20818 4753 5744 6511 7062 7355 8379 8817 13503 13650 14014 15393 15640 18127 18595 20426 1152 1707 4013 5932 8540 9077 11521 11923 11954 12529 13519 15641 16262 17874 19386 858 2355 2511 3125 5531 6472 8146 11423 11558 11760 13556 15194 20782 20988 21261 216 1722 2750 3809 6210 8233 9183 10734 11339 12321 12898 15902 17437 19085 21588 1560 1718 1757 2292 2349 3992 6943 7369 7806 10282 11373 13624 14608 17087 18011 1375 1640 2015 2539 2691 2967 4344 7125 9176 9435 12378 12520 12901 15704 18897 1703 2861 2986 3574 7208 8486 9412 9879 13027 13945 14873 15546 16516 18931 21070 309 1587 3118 5472 10035 13988 15019 15322 16373 17580 17728 18125 18872 19876 20457 984 991 1203 3159 4303 5734 8850 9626 12217 17227 17269 18695 18854 19580 19684 2429 6165 6828 7761 9761 9899 9942 10151 11198 11271 13184 14026 14560 18962 20570 876 1074 5177 5185 6415 6451 10856 11603 14590 14658 16293 17221 19273 19319 20447 557 607 2473 5002 6601 9876 10284 10809 13563 14849 15710 16798 17509 18927 21306 939 1271 3085 5054 5723 5959 7530 10912 13375 16696 18753 19673 20328 21068 21258 2802 3312 5015 6041 6943 7606 9375 12116 12868 12964 13374 13594 14978 16125 18621 3002 6512 6965 6967 8504 10777 11217 11931 12647 12686 12740 12900 12958 13870 17860 151 3874 4228 7837 10244 10589 14530 15323 16462 17711 18995 19363 19376 19540 20641 1249 2946 2959 3330 4264 7797 10652 11845 12987 15974 16536 17520 19851 20150 20172 4769 11033 14937 1431 2870 15158 9416 14905 20800 1708 9944 16952 1116 1179 20743 3665 8987 16223 655 11424 17411 42 2717 11613 2787 9015 15081 3718 7305 11822 18306 18499 18843 1208 4586 10578 9494 12676 13710 10580 15127 20614 4439 15646 19861 5255 12337 14649 2532 7552 10813 1591 7781 13020 7264 8634 17208 7462 10069 17710 1320 3382 6439 4057 9762 11401 1618 7604 19881 3858 16826 17768 6158 11759 19274 3767 11872 15137 2111 5563 16776 1888 15452 17925 2840 15375 16376 3695 11232 16970 10181 16329 17920 9743 13974 17724 29 16450 20509 2393 17877 19591 1827 15175 15366 3771 14716 18363 5585 14762 19813 7186 8104 12067 2554 12025 15873 2208 5739 6150 2816 12745 17143 9363 11582 17976 5834 8178 12517 3546 15667 19511 5211 10685 20833 3399 7774 16435 3767 4542 8775 4404 6349 19426 4812 11088 16761 5761 11289 17985 9989 11488 15986 10200 16710 20899 6970 12774 20558 1304 2495 3507 5236 7678 10437 4493 10472 19880 1883 14768 21100 352 18797 20570 1411 3221 4379 3304 11013 18382 14864 16951 18782 2887 15658 17633 7109 7383 19956 4293 12990 13934 9890 15206 15786 2987 5455 8787 5782 7137 15981 736 1961 10441 2728 11808 21305 4663 4693 13680 1965 3668 9025 818 10532 16332 7006 16717 21102 2955 15500 20140 8274 13451 19436 3604 13158 21154 5519 6531 9995 1629 17919 18532 15199 16690 16884 5177 5869 14843 5 5088 19940 16910 20686 21206 10662 11610 17578 3378 4579 12849 5947 19300 19762 2545 10686 12579 4568 10814 19032 677 18652 18992 190 11377 12987 4183 6801 20025 6944 8321 15868 3311 6049 14757 7155 11435 16353 4778 5674 15973 1889 3361 7563 467 5999 10103 7613 11096 19536 2244 4442 6000 9055 13516 15414 4831 6111 10744 3792 8258 15106 6990 9168 17589 7920 11548 20786 10533 14361
 19577. 5. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5490 5926 6153 9501 10594 12266 13298 15737 15849 16368 18972 20100 21448 2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327 175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029 2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663 80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725 988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097 5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096 355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117 667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207 684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525 159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460 2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348 499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242 5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129 1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538 2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407 237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995 330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783 4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413 5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412 1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244 887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985 219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111 1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551 1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886 1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903 1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115 325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401 990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573 1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530 10313 14037 3209 14570 6831 19778 5185 12416 5204 7840 11612 19708 4659 5323 14616 3845 10823 20987 7315 18851 19284 393 9282 17957 6615 9927 19581 8762 10378 18285 126 979 14823 7406 16098 21548 5070 7514 17416 10867 16714 21080 541 1786 19439 909 7175 7837 6412 21072 21433 600 14981 18811 7068 8454 13564 8869 9382 12550 2959 12960 13342 3342 16081 18877 5024 6538 11481 6968 16526 21138 7454 11219 12698 11932 12947 16517 10331 12943 17316 7005 10228 18632 75 15320 20696 5870 5915 13512 14560 17709 19541 16464 18083 19314 130 3689 20149 957 17371 17573 7746 9927 19855 11643 16516 20091 1505 10633 12002 3844 11767 16366 4765 10654 16233 1419 1890 9048 145 10483 19316 396 7322 18963 918 1634 19717 667 7091 21486 291 15485 21553 1119 2755 16534 9347 10335 17322 17926 20004 20269 192 11781 18888 10845 13081 14349 2186 16948 20609 2190 16999 17340 550 8318 15654 14684 16175 19827 436 2578 10257 7772 8333 16220 7283 9160 19568 1817 7490 10732 1379 3761 9571 7222 11433 19744 13051 18284 18482 6727 16078 17813 7829 12003 17376 6393 11850 16334 5570 12906 17366 1887 2815 13127 862 16341 16977 2441 10081 15136 1325 13948 21228 15583 17700 21313 6285 16705 20468 2372 7152 16478 3762 14746 19837 5380 14780 18375 7074 9956 19811 12004 12078 21514 695 1739 2571 5752 12729 17139 11359 11604 14650 8209 9383 12497 8180 15708 19385 4490 10726 20606 7798 18102 20850 3369 8058 8779 4420 6322 12787 16779 17406 19405 4808 11292 15134 52 10337 17972 9970 10227 16717 12763 12825 20901 3508 7001 21224 2471 7609 9957 5235 15813 17315 5254 18218 21073 14761 18809 20523 5819 12683 20987 1433 11016 18416 3542 14844 18780 16735 16974 17596 171 2911
 6424. 6. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5490 5926 6153 9501 10594 12266 13298 15737 15849 16368 18972 20100 21448 2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327 175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029 2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663 80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725 988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097 5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096 355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117 667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207 684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525 159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460 2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348 499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242 5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129 1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538 2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407 237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995 330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783 4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413 5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412 1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244 887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985 219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111 1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551 1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886 1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903 1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115 325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401 990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573 1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530 10313 14037 3209 14570 6831 19778 5185 12416 5204 7840 11612 19708 4659 5323 14616 3845 10823 20987 7315 18851 19284 393 9282 17957 6615 9927 19581 8762 10378 18285 126 979 14823 7406 16098 21548 5070 7514 17416 10867 16714 21080 541 1786 19439 909 7175 7837 6412 21072 21433 600 14981 18811 7068 8454 13564 8869 9382 12550 2959 12960 13342 3342 16081 18877 5024 6538 11481 6968 16526 21138 7454 11219 12698 11932 12947 16517 10331 12943 17316 7005 10228 18632 75 15320 20696 5870 5915 13512 14560 17709 19541 16464 18083 19314 130 3689 20149 957 17371 17573 7746 9927 19855 11643 16516 20091 1505 10633 12002 3844 11767 16366 4765 10654 16233 1419 1890 9048 145 10483 19316 396 7322 18963 918 1634 19717 667 7091 21486 291 15485 21553 1119 2755 16534 9347 10335 17322 17926 20004 20269 192 11781 18888 10845 13081 14349 2186 16948 20609 2190 16999 17340 550 8318 15654 14684 16175 19827 436 2578 10257 7772 8333 16220 7283 9160 19568 1817 7490 10732 1379 3761 9571 7222 11433 19744 13051 18284 18482 6727 16078 17813 7829 12003 17376 6393 11850 16334 5570 12906 17366 1887 2815 13127 862 16341 16977 2441 10081 15136 1325 13948 21228 15583 17700 21313 6285 16705 20468 2372 7152 16478 3762 14746 19837 5380 14780 18375 7074 9956 19811 12004 12078 21514 695 1739 2571 5752 12729 17139 11359 11604 14650 8209 9383 12497 8180 15708 19385 4490 10726 20606 7798 18102 20850 3369 8058 8779 4420 6322 12787 16779 17406 19405 4808 11292 15134 52 10337 17972 9970 10227 16717 12763 12825 20901 3508 7001 21224 2471 7609 9957 5235 15813 17315 5254 18218 21073 14761 18809 20523 5819 12683 20987 1433 11016 18416 3542 14844 18780 16735 16974 17596 171 2911
 6424. 7. A reception apparatus comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5490 5926 6153 9501 10594 12266 13298 15737 15849 16368 18972 20100 21448 2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327 175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029 2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663 80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725 988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097 5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096 355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117 667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207 684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525 159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460 2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348 499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242 5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129 1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538 2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407 237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995 330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783 4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413 5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412 1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244 887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985 219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111 1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551 1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886 1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903 1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115 325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401 990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573 1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530 10313 14037 3209 14570 6831 19778 5185 12416 5204 7840 11612 19708 4659 5323 14616 3845 10823 20987 7315 18851 19284 393 9282 17957 6615 9927 19581 8762 10378 18285 126 979 14823 7406 16098 21548 5070 7514 17416 10867 16714 21080 541 1786 19439 909 7175 7837 6412 21072 21433 600 14981 18811 7068 8454 13564 8869 9382 12550 2959 12960 13342 3342 16081 18877 5024 6538 11481 6968 16526 21138 7454 11219 12698 11932 12947 16517 10331 12943 17316 7005 10228 18632 75 15320 20696 5870 5915 13512 14560 17709 19541 16464 18083 19314 130 3689 20149 957 17371 17573 7746 9927 19855 11643 16516 20091 1505 10633 12002 3844 11767 16366 4765 10654 16233 1419 1890 9048 145 10483 19316 396 7322 18963 918 1634 19717 667 7091 21486 291 15485 21553 1119 2755 16534 9347 10335 17322 17926 20004 20269 192 11781 18888 10845 13081 14349 2186 16948 20609 2190 16999 17340 550 8318 15654 14684 16175 19827 436 2578 10257 7772 8333 16220 7283 9160 19568 1817 7490 10732 1379 3761 9571 7222 11433 19744 13051 18284 18482 6727 16078 17813 7829 12003 17376 6393 11850 16334 5570 12906 17366 1887 2815 13127 862 16341 16977 2441 10081 15136 1325 13948 21228 15583 17700 21313 6285 16705 20468 2372 7152 16478 3762 14746 19837 5380 14780 18375 7074 9956 19811 12004 12078 21514 695 1739 2571 5752 12729 17139 11359 11604 14650 8209 9383 12497 8180 15708 19385 4490 10726 20606 7798 18102 20850 3369 8058 8779 4420 6322 12787 16779 17406 19405 4808 11292 15134 52 10337 17972 9970 10227 16717 12763 12825 20901 3508 7001 21224 2471 7609 9957 5235 15813 17315 5254 18218 21073 14761 18809 20523 5819 12683 20987 1433 11016 18416 3542 14844 18780 16735 16974 17596 171 2911
 6424. 8. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 11/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5490 5926 6153 9501 10594 12266 13298 15737 15849 16368 18972 20100 21448 2883 3284 4934 6022 6970 7082 7565 9582 10633 13616 14218 16328 17327 175 521 2754 3971 5252 9283 9285 14281 16044 16969 17080 17577 21029 2415 4516 5139 6516 10793 11827 11855 14197 14510 15207 16311 17658 20663 80 3472 7951 8080 10234 12239 17853 18113 18604 19386 20179 20679 20725 988 2274 4092 5402 5870 6505 6901 8246 8386 15629 16943 17316 18097 5692 6810 7203 7269 8586 8944 9272 9798 10328 11207 12875 17544 19096 355 1581 1785 9970 11809 12194 13440 14564 15168 15223 18191 20182 21117 667 1018 1025 2413 3831 4298 4819 6560 12059 15977 19856 20922 21207 684 3795 5098 6508 7183 7421 9179 10113 10456 10891 13305 14643 17525 159 3554 3627 6834 7991 9511 14657 15156 15986 16186 16393 20958 21460 2207 2335 2460 2869 3555 3994 6085 7103 8180 17292 20216 20261 21348 499 1362 1881 3575 5138 11393 11691 15210 18752 20530 21177 21242 5077 7604 7627 8584 8821 9172 10386 13490 14242 15449 20528 21129 1507 3244 4191 4940 5204 6376 8096 9178 9336 10454 12190 13538 2082 5646 7082 10181 12858 14150 16128 17004 17819 18937 18971 21407 237 1809 2033 6763 8105 10113 10945 11139 11237 14068 14992 15995 330 5520 5994 6525 10099 10815 13203 15021 15569 17146 18507 20783 4741 5712 6488 7075 8380 10111 13532 14029 15626 18154 18562 20413 5868 7360 8541 8769 11577 11898 11953 13672 15406 16261 17845 19412 1145 1683 2373 2477 3994 5561 8112 9087 12486 13559 15649 21244 887 3164 6234 6422 11430 11562 11788 13538 15200 15956 20795 20985 219 1673 2743 3830 8271 9190 10706 11317 12300 12854 17422 19111 1575 1795 2309 2348 4018 6919 7343 7816 10267 11376 14604 21551 1371 1736 2555 2945 4351 7124 12516 13672 15681 17083 18027 18886 1657 2039 2680 2830 8469 9134 9431 9848 12366 12933 13065 18903 1698 2963 3555 7254 9376 13944 14837 15339 15552 16532 17600 21115 325 1586 3064 5498 10061 14027 15028 16349 17719 18177 19867 20401 990 1009 3173 4310 5642 8862 12180 17278 18682 18874 18888 19573 1213 6143 9641 9722 9924 11186 11264 13174 17240 18977 19716 20530 10313 14037 3209 14570 6831 19778 5185 12416 5204 7840 11612 19708 4659 5323 14616 3845 10823 20987 7315 18851 19284 393 9282 17957 6615 9927 19581 8762 10378 18285 126 979 14823 7406 16098 21548 5070 7514 17416 10867 16714 21080 541 1786 19439 909 7175 7837 6412 21072 21433 600 14981 18811 7068 8454 13564 8869 9382 12550 2959 12960 13342 3342 16081 18877 5024 6538 11481 6968 16526 21138 7454 11219 12698 11932 12947 16517 10331 12943 17316 7005 10228 18632 75 15320 20696 5870 5915 13512 14560 17709 19541 16464 18083 19314 130 3689 20149 957 17371 17573 7746 9927 19855 11643 16516 20091 1505 10633 12002 3844 11767 16366 4765 10654 16233 1419 1890 9048 145 10483 19316 396 7322 18963 918 1634 19717 667 7091 21486 291 15485 21553 1119 2755 16534 9347 10335 17322 17926 20004 20269 192 11781 18888 10845 13081 14349 2186 16948 20609 2190 16999 17340 550 8318 15654 14684 16175 19827 436 2578 10257 7772 8333 16220 7283 9160 19568 1817 7490 10732 1379 3761 9571 7222 11433 19744 13051 18284 18482 6727 16078 17813 7829 12003 17376 6393 11850 16334 5570 12906 17366 1887 2815 13127 862 16341 16977 2441 10081 15136 1325 13948 21228 15583 17700 21313 6285 16705 20468 2372 7152 16478 3762 14746 19837 5380 14780 18375 7074 9956 19811 12004 12078 21514 695 1739 2571 5752 12729 17139 11359 11604 14650 8209 9383 12497 8180 15708 19385 4490 10726 20606 7798 18102 20850 3369 8058 8779 4420 6322 12787 16779 17406 19405 4808 11292 15134 52 10337 17972 9970 10227 16717 12763 12825 20901 3508 7001 21224 2471 7609 9957 5235 15813 17315 5254 18218 21073 14761 18809 20523 5819 12683 20987 1433 11016 18416 3542 14844 18780 16735 16974 17596 171 2911
 6424. 9. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248 623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208 273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742 58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043 1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234 1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472 85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811 928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295 82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221 1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965 447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749 420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853 3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929 203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386 543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751 905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373 1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638 697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924 363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018 338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546 1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341 1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187 1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727 589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024 1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448 932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354 1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242 1363 2451 1953 10230 6218 7655 9302 15856 10461 10503 9005 16075 878 14223 15181 3535 5327 14405 8116 8396 9828 2864 6306 14832 24 11009 16377 7064 11014 16139 4318 8353 14997 583 5626 10217 11196 13669 16585 6123 7518 9304 2258 8250 12082 7564 14195 15236 10104 10233 13778 2044 7801 11705 10906 11443 13227 1592 7853 14796 3054 8887 13077 6486 7003 9238 424 9055 13390 618 4077 11120 11159 13405 16070 2927 8689 17210 723 5842 12062 4817 9269 10820 208 6947 12903 2987 10116 11520 3522 6321 15637 148 3087 12764 262 1613 14121 7236 10798 11759 3193 4958 11292 7537 12439 15202 8000 9580 17269 9665 9691 15654 5946 14246 16040 4283 8145 10944 1082 1829 11267 1272 6119 13182 20 11943 14128 4591 8403 16530 2212 13724 13933 2079 10365 14633 1269 11307 16370 2467 4744 10714 6256 7915 9724 8799 11433 16880 459 6799 10102 3795 6930 13350 1295 13018 14967 3542 7310 10974 6905 15080 16105 2673 3143 12349 4698 4801 14770 7512 15844 15965 3276 4069 10099 1893 4676 6679 1985 7244 10163 6333 12760 12912 852 5954 11771 6958 9242 10613 5651 10089 12309 4124 7455 13224 503 6787 10720 10594 12717 14007 4501 5311 8067 4507 5620 13932 9133 11025 13866 5021 16201 16217 6166 7438 17185 1324 5671 11586 2266 6335 7716 512 9515 11595 869 6096 13886 10049 12536 14474 470 8286 8306 1268 5478 6424 8178 8817 14506 11460 15128 16761 6364 10121 16806 9347 15211 16915 1587 3591 15546 17 4132 17071 1677 8810 15764 3862 7633 13685 3855 11931 12792 2652 13909 17080 5581 13919 16126 7129 8976 11152 6662 7845 13424 9751 9965 13847 3662 9308 9534 4283 7474 7682 2418 8774 13433 508 3864 6859 12098 13920 15326 1129 3271 16892 5072 8819 10323 4749 4984 6390 212 13603 14893 4966 8895 9320 1012 3677 5711 6654 9969 15178 4596 5147 5905 1541 4149 15594 8005 8604 15147 2519 10882 11961 190 8417 13600 3543 4639
 14618. 10. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248 623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208 273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742 58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043 1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234 1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472 85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811 928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295 82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221 1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965 447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749 420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853 3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929 203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386 543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751 905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373 1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638 697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924 363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018 338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546 1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341 1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187 1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727 589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024 1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448 932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354 1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242 1363 2451 1953 10230 6218 7655 9302 15856 10461 10503 9005 16075 878 14223 15181 3535 5327 14405 8116 8396 9828 2864 6306 14832 24 11009 16377 7064 11014 16139 4318 8353 14997 583 5626 10217 11196 13669 16585 6123 7518 9304 2258 8250 12082 7564 14195 15236 10104 10233 13778 2044 7801 11705 10906 11443 13227 1592 7853 14796 3054 8887 13077 6486 7003 9238 424 9055 13390 618 4077 11120 11159 13405 16070 2927 8689 17210 723 5842 12062 4817 9269 10820 208 6947 12903 2987 10116 11520 3522 6321 15637 148 3087 12764 262 1613 14121 7236 10798 11759 3193 4958 11292 7537 12439 15202 8000 9580 17269 9665 9691 15654 5946 14246 16040 4283 8145 10944 1082 1829 11267 1272 6119 13182 20 11943 14128 4591 8403 16530 2212 13724 13933 2079 10365 14633 1269 11307 16370 2467 4744 10714 6256 7915 9724 8799 11433 16880 459 6799 10102 3795 6930 13350 1295 13018 14967 3542 7310 10974 6905 15080 16105 2673 3143 12349 4698 4801 14770 7512 15844 15965 3276 4069 10099 1893 4676 6679 1985 7244 10163 6333 12760 12912 852 5954 11771 6958 9242 10613 5651 10089 12309 4124 7455 13224 503 6787 10720 10594 12717 14007 4501 5311 8067 4507 5620 13932 9133 11025 13866 5021 16201 16217 6166 7438 17185 1324 5671 11586 2266 6335 7716 512 9515 11595 869 6096 13886 10049 12536 14474 470 8286 8306 1268 5478 6424 8178 8817 14506 11460 15128 16761 6364 10121 16806 9347 15211 16915 1587 3591 15546 17 4132 17071 1677 8810 15764 3862 7633 13685 3855 11931 12792 2652 13909 17080 5581 13919 16126 7129 8976 11152 6662 7845 13424 9751 9965 13847 3662 9308 9534 4283 7474 7682 2418 8774 13433 508 3864 6859 12098 13920 15326 1129 3271 16892 5072 8819 10323 4749 4984 6390 212 13603 14893 4966 8895 9320 1012 3677 5711 6654 9969 15178 4596 5147 5905 1541 4149 15594 8005 8604 15147 2519 10882 11961 190 8417 13600 3543 4639
 14618. 11. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248 623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208 273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742 58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043 1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234 1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472 85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811 928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295 82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221 1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965 447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749 420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853 3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929 203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386 543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751 905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373 1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638 697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924 363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018 338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546 1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341 1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187 1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727 589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024 1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448 932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354 1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242 1363 2451 1953 10230 6218 7655 9302 15856 10461 10503 9005 16075 878 14223 15181 3535 5327 14405 8116 8396 9828 2864 6306 14832 24 11009 16377 7064 11014 16139 4318 8353 14997 583 5626 10217 11196 13669 16585 6123 7518 9304 2258 8250 12082 7564 14195 15236 10104 10233 13778 2044 7801 11705 10906 11443 13227 1592 7853 14796 3054 8887 13077 6486 7003 9238 424 9055 13390 618 4077 11120 11159 13405 16070 2927 8689 17210 723 5842 12062 4817 9269 10820 208 6947 12903 2987 10116 11520 3522 6321 15637 148 3087 12764 262 1613 14121 7236 10798 11759 3193 4958 11292 7537 12439 15202 8000 9580 17269 9665 9691 15654 5946 14246 16040 4283 8145 10944 1082 1829 11267 1272 6119 13182 20 11943 14128 4591 8403 16530 2212 13724 13933 2079 10365 14633 1269 11307 16370 2467 4744 10714 6256 7915 9724 8799 11433 16880 459 6799 10102 3795 6930 13350 1295 13018 14967 3542 7310 10974 6905 15080 16105 2673 3143 12349 4698 4801 14770 7512 15844 15965 3276 4069 10099 1893 4676 6679 1985 7244 10163 6333 12760 12912 852 5954 11771 6958 9242 10613 5651 10089 12309 4124 7455 13224 503 6787 10720 10594 12717 14007 4501 5311 8067 4507 5620 13932 9133 11025 13866 5021 16201 16217 6166 7438 17185 1324 5671 11586 2266 6335 7716 512 9515 11595 869 6096 13886 10049 12536 14474 470 8286 8306 1268 5478 6424 8178 8817 14506 11460 15128 16761 6364 10121 16806 9347 15211 16915 1587 3591 15546 17 4132 17071 1677 8810 15764 3862 7633 13685 3855 11931 12792 2652 13909 17080 5581 13919 16126 7129 8976 11152 6662 7845 13424 9751 9965 13847 3662 9308 9534 4283 7474 7682 2418 8774 13433 508 3864 6859 12098 13920 15326 1129 3271 16892 5072 8819 10323 4749 4984 6390 212 13603 14893 4966 8895 9320 1012 3677 5711 6654 9969 15178 4596 5147 5905 1541 4149 15594 8005 8604 15147 2519 10882 11961 190 8417 13600 3543 4639
 14618. 12. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1507 1536 2244 4721 6374 7839 11001 12684 13196 13602 14245 14383 14398 16182 17248 623 696 1186 1370 4409 5237 5911 8278 9539 12139 12810 13422 15525 16232 16252 530 1953 3745 5512 6676 9069 9433 10683 11530 12263 12519 14931 15326 15581 16208 273 685 3132 5872 6388 7149 7316 7367 9041 11102 11211 12059 15189 15973 16435 814 1297 1896 6018 7801 8810 9701 9992 10314 13618 13771 14934 15198 16340 16742 58 803 2553 3967 6032 8374 9168 10047 10073 10909 12701 12748 13543 14111 17043 1082 1577 2108 2344 5035 5051 10038 10356 12156 12308 13815 15453 15830 16305 17234 1882 3731 5182 5554 6330 6605 7126 10195 10508 12151 12191 12241 12288 13755 16472 85 604 1278 3768 4831 6820 9471 10773 10873 12785 12973 13623 14562 14697 16811 928 1864 6027 7023 7644 8279 8580 9221 9417 9883 12032 12483 12734 14335 15842 2104 2752 4530 4820 5662 9197 9464 9972 10057 11079 12408 13005 13684 15507 16295 82 752 3374 4026 7265 8112 12236 12434 12460 13110 13495 15110 15299 15359 17221 1137 1411 1546 1614 1835 6053 6151 8618 9059 14057 14941 15670 16321 16965 447 1960 2369 2861 3047 3508 4077 4358 4370 5806 12517 13658 14371 14749 420 981 1657 2313 3353 4699 5094 5184 10076 10530 11521 13040 15960 16853 3572 3851 3870 5218 6400 6780 9167 9603 10328 10543 12892 13722 16910 16929 203 2588 4522 4692 5399 6840 7417 8896 9045 9188 10390 12507 12615 16386 543 1262 2536 4358 7658 7714 9392 11079 12283 12694 14734 16195 16317 16751 905 1059 3393 4347 4554 4758 5568 8652 9991 10717 10975 11146 12824 16373 1229 2308 4876 5329 5424 5906 6227 6667 7141 7697 12055 12969 13582 16638 697 1864 2560 4190 5097 5288 6565 9150 9282 9519 10727 12492 13292 16924 363 3152 3715 3722 4582 5050 8399 9413 9851 10305 12116 13471 15318 16018 338 2342 2404 4733 6189 6792 7251 7921 8509 8579 8729 11921 12900 15546 1630 1867 2018 3038 3202 6364 7648 8692 9496 9705 10433 13508 14583 16341 1041 2754 3015 3427 3512 4351 5174 6539 8100 8639 9912 11911 12666 14187 1134 1619 4758 5545 6842 7045 8421 10373 10390 12672 13484 15178 16697 16727 589 652 1174 2157 3951 4733 5278 5859 7619 9488 11665 12335 15516 16024 1457 1832 2525 3690 5093 6000 6276 7974 8652 9759 10434 15025 15267 16448 932 3328 3349 3511 4776 6266 6711 7761 8674 9748 11167 12134 12942 14354 1939 1979 3141 4238 6715 7148 7673 12025 12455 14829 14989 15081 16491 17242 1363 2451 1953 10230 6218 7655 9302 15856 10461 10503 9005 16075 878 14223 15181 3535 5327 14405 8116 8396 9828 2864 6306 14832 24 11009 16377 7064 11014 16139 4318 8353 14997 583 5626 10217 11196 13669 16585 6123 7518 9304 2258 8250 12082 7564 14195 15236 10104 10233 13778 2044 7801 11705 10906 11443 13227 1592 7853 14796 3054 8887 13077 6486 7003 9238 424 9055 13390 618 4077 11120 11159 13405 16070 2927 8689 17210 723 5842 12062 4817 9269 10820 208 6947 12903 2987 10116 11520 3522 6321 15637 148 3087 12764 262 1613 14121 7236 10798 11759 3193 4958 11292 7537 12439 15202 8000 9580 17269 9665 9691 15654 5946 14246 16040 4283 8145 10944 1082 1829 11267 1272 6119 13182 20 11943 14128 4591 8403 16530 2212 13724 13933 2079 10365 14633 1269 11307 16370 2467 4744 10714 6256 7915 9724 8799 11433 16880 459 6799 10102 3795 6930 13350 1295 13018 14967 3542 7310 10974 6905 15080 16105 2673 3143 12349 4698 4801 14770 7512 15844 15965 3276 4069 10099 1893 4676 6679 1985 7244 10163 6333 12760 12912 852 5954 11771 6958 9242 10613 5651 10089 12309 4124 7455 13224 503 6787 10720 10594 12717 14007 4501 5311 8067 4507 5620 13932 9133 11025 13866 5021 16201 16217 6166 7438 17185 1324 5671 11586 2266 6335 7716 512 9515 11595 869 6096 13886 10049 12536 14474 470 8286 8306 1268 5478 6424 8178 8817 14506 11460 15128 16761 6364 10121 16806 9347 15211 16915 1587 3591 15546 17 4132 17071 1677 8810 15764 3862 7633 13685 3855 11931 12792 2652 13909 17080 5581 13919 16126 7129 8976 11152 6662 7845 13424 9751 9965 13847 3662 9308 9534 4283 7474 7682 2418 8774 13433 508 3864 6859 12098 13920 15326 1129 3271 16892 5072 8819 10323 4749 4984 6390 212 13603 14893 4966 8895 9320 1012 3677 5711 6654 9969 15178 4596 5147 5905 1541 4149 15594 8005 8604 15147 2519 10882 11961 190 8417 13600 3543 4639
 14618. 13. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831 397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512 56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598 791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605 1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283 1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130 315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955 553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739 541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778 114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183 1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042 436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995 1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904 1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841 1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123 161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799 283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639 3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342 4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510 950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034 676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796 160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928 1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260 1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077 1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163 1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895 240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362 799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106 988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432 850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452 14826 16365 11703 12119 712 13566 3116 11731 7615 15442 1992 5349 221 4010 5696 7888 12867 13468 3483 10904 13985 443 8895 11950 6009 10985 12686 2658 6385 13354 8724 15844 16946 5553 10363 16261 2195 5238 10663 598 14905 15764 1356 4805 10512 1933 5558 9695 2230 7616 10698 1298 2645 10290 4025 8617 14782 9819 10189 16907 1284 4501 8928 10113 10629 17016 947 10255 11116 2798 15081 15460 6519 8395 9415 3112 8471 16950 3533 15619 16970 11279 11872 15206 116 3420 17037 2067 12776 16138 3697 4594 6209 2367 2540 13278 9495 14852 16127 3104 8112 10391 4142 12073 12995 2472 7209 8753 2944 8383 15319 309 4701 8866 4373 9982 15750 716 5906 13071 78 2218 9153 1514 2173 13201 868 7469 8268 377 2499 16002 11512 15110 15766 5883 10040 17274 3100 3283 13572 5509 11243 14059 6640 12508 14361 444 11714 15330 5032 8197 12948 336 6212 11902 3947 10941 12964 1199 6038 15689 1523 3008 8298 1570 9146 17153 13517 15799 16392 10424 12847 14222 2769 4919 5386 5113 9478 12123 7335 13077 13877 1494 3229 10364 4095 4963 12427 1923 3102 6193 8090 8142 16950 12476 14207 15195 9909 13375 16390 4912 13153 15689 5717 11788 15854 2976 5965 14731 5661 11816 15865 2726 6512 9612 570 2062 11845 1359 10196 13672 11719 13691 14355 3858 6418 7492 6563 10020 15506 8583 16473 17261 16339 16680 17098 6215 14625 14945 3988 6352 13238 6996 12116 13959 5139 13712 16488 8647 14367 16382 2382 8015 10853 10204 13362 16750 5576 10259 16953 1980 2806 6075 8358 12635 14776 3453 14575 16909 2035 3301 16459 3497 15047 16762 2570 8801 11073 2661 6265 15068 11856 13537 14066 1325 2346 12514 848 10405 15966 3122 9804 13003 12159 12651 16601 2207 2362 4348 1576 2758 5671 593 8385 17045 2174 6624 10983 2936 3732 7787 1578 7226 8406 1315 1827 13382 1489 2356 10605 3022 10770 14184 160 5972 6797 2911 5113 16931 7977 12445 12476 1367 4594
 13365. 14. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831 397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512 56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598 791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605 1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283 1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130 315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955 553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739 541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778 114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183 1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042 436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995 1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904 1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841 1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123 161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799 283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639 3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342 4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510 950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034 676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796 160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928 1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260 1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077 1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163 1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895 240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362 799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106 988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432 850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452 14826 16365 11703 12119 712 13566 3116 11731 7615 15442 1992 5349 221 4010 5696 7888 12867 13468 3483 10904 13985 443 8895 11950 6009 10985 12686 2658 6385 13354 8724 15844 16946 5553 10363 16261 2195 5238 10663 598 14905 15764 1356 4805 10512 1933 5558 9695 2230 7616 10698 1298 2645 10290 4025 8617 14782 9819 10189 16907 1284 4501 8928 10113 10629 17016 947 10255 11116 2798 15081 15460 6519 8395 9415 3112 8471 16950 3533 15619 16970 11279 11872 15206 116 3420 17037 2067 12776 16138 3697 4594 6209 2367 2540 13278 9495 14852 16127 3104 8112 10391 4142 12073 12995 2472 7209 8753 2944 8383 15319 309 4701 8866 4373 9982 15750 716 5906 13071 78 2218 9153 1514 2173 13201 868 7469 8268 377 2499 16002 11512 15110 15766 5883 10040 17274 3100 3283 13572 5509 11243 14059 6640 12508 14361 444 11714 15330 5032 8197 12948 336 6212 11902 3947 10941 12964 1199 6038 15689 1523 3008 8298 1570 9146 17153 13517 15799 16392 10424 12847 14222 2769 4919 5386 5113 9478 12123 7335 13077 13877 1494 3229 10364 4095 4963 12427 1923 3102 6193 8090 8142 16950 12476 14207 15195 9909 13375 16390 4912 13153 15689 5717 11788 15854 2976 5965 14731 5661 11816 15865 2726 6512 9612 570 2062 11845 1359 10196 13672 11719 13691 14355 3858 6418 7492 6563 10020 15506 8583 16473 17261 16339 16680 17098 6215 14625 14945 3988 6352 13238 6996 12116 13959 5139 13712 16488 8647 14367 16382 2382 8015 10853 10204 13362 16750 5576 10259 16953 1980 2806 6075 8358 12635 14776 3453 14575 16909 2035 3301 16459 3497 15047 16762 2570 8801 11073 2661 6265 15068 11856 13537 14066 1325 2346 12514 848 10405 15966 3122 9804 13003 12159 12651 16601 2207 2362 4348 1576 2758 5671 593 8385 17045 2174 6624 10983 2936 3732 7787 1578 7226 8406 1315 1827 13382 1489 2356 10605 3022 10770 14184 160 5972 6797 2911 5113 16931 7977 12445 12476 1367 4594
 13365. 15. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831 397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512 56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598 791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605 1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283 1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130 315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955 553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739 541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778 114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183 1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042 436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995 1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904 1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841 1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123 161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799 283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639 3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342 4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510 950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034 676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796 160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928 1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260 1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077 1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163 1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895 240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362 799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106 988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432 850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452 14826 16365 11703 12119 712 13566 3116 11731 7615 15442 1992 5349 221 4010 5696 7888 12867 13468 3483 10904 13985 443 8895 11950 6009 10985 12686 2658 6385 13354 8724 15844 16946 5553 10363 16261 2195 5238 10663 598 14905 15764 1356 4805 10512 1933 5558 9695 2230 7616 10698 1298 2645 10290 4025 8617 14782 9819 10189 16907 1284 4501 8928 10113 10629 17016 947 10255 11116 2798 15081 15460 6519 8395 9415 3112 8471 16950 3533 15619 16970 11279 11872 15206 116 3420 17037 2067 12776 16138 3697 4594 6209 2367 2540 13278 9495 14852 16127 3104 8112 10391 4142 12073 12995 2472 7209 8753 2944 8383 15319 309 4701 8866 4373 9982 15750 716 5906 13071 78 2218 9153 1514 2173 13201 868 7469 8268 377 2499 16002 11512 15110 15766 5883 10040 17274 3100 3283 13572 5509 11243 14059 6640 12508 14361 444 11714 15330 5032 8197 12948 336 6212 11902 3947 10941 12964 1199 6038 15689 1523 3008 8298 1570 9146 17153 13517 15799 16392 10424 12847 14222 2769 4919 5386 5113 9478 12123 7335 13077 13877 1494 3229 10364 4095 4963 12427 1923 3102 6193 8090 8142 16950 12476 14207 15195 9909 13375 16390 4912 13153 15689 5717 11788 15854 2976 5965 14731 5661 11816 15865 2726 6512 9612 570 2062 11845 1359 10196 13672 11719 13691 14355 3858 6418 7492 6563 10020 15506 8583 16473 17261 16339 16680 17098 6215 14625 14945 3988 6352 13238 6996 12116 13959 5139 13712 16488 8647 14367 16382 2382 8015 10853 10204 13362 16750 5576 10259 16953 1980 2806 6075 8358 12635 14776 3453 14575 16909 2035 3301 16459 3497 15047 16762 2570 8801 11073 2661 6265 15068 11856 13537 14066 1325 2346 12514 848 10405 15966 3122 9804 13003 12159 12651 16601 2207 2362 4348 1576 2758 5671 593 8385 17045 2174 6624 10983 2936 3732 7787 1578 7226 8406 1315 1827 13382 1489 2356 10605 3022 10770 14184 160 5972 6797 2911 5113 16931 7977 12445 12476 1367 4594
 13365. 16. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 12/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 142 2165 3185 4195 5590 5742 7410 10850 12863 13660 14020 16831 397 3640 4105 7434 9470 9491 11337 11448 13018 13562 14133 16512 56 1940 2743 5216 6347 8608 9778 11569 12156 14913 15519 16598 791 4323 4700 5211 6469 8199 12509 13542 14292 14489 16171 16605 1818 3304 4541 5563 5792 6609 6684 7166 8280 13868 14456 15283 1293 5440 5814 6864 7396 7860 8007 8929 9766 10275 14026 16130 315 1405 1943 9455 10782 11634 12127 12159 12802 14565 16894 16955 553 777 857 3044 3415 3866 5269 5942 8716 9617 15845 16739 541 3047 4121 5219 5750 7341 8094 8377 10625 11751 14027 16778 114 2846 2917 5468 6412 7606 11745 12096 12808 12931 13150 17183 1757 1833 1954 2287 2852 3178 4890 5688 6571 13856 16191 17042 436 1494 2848 4085 9080 9348 12151 14977 16140 16443 16917 16995 1083 4047 6060 6867 7084 7325 8350 10757 11419 12374 16450 16904 1239 2629 3357 3945 4129 5112 6106 6439 7300 7470 9760 10841 1634 4538 5696 8145 8363 11300 12883 13607 14248 15134 15181 17123 161 1476 1584 5398 6524 8082 8757 8927 9018 10297 11238 12799 283 4460 4788 8081 8652 10590 11954 12024 12443 13684 14830 16639 3817 4569 5212 5225 5642 6709 8069 10835 11184 12541 14503 16342 4688 5857 7055 9256 9523 9555 10935 12296 13024 14271 14842 15510 950 1364 1886 2001 3202 4445 6861 7266 10005 10827 12503 17034 676 2506 5170 6505 9123 9223 9428 10841 12158 12720 16647 16796 160 1341 2169 3030 4986 6616 7382 8557 9035 9855 10304 13928 1275 1429 1905 3211 5541 5874 6259 8254 9098 11688 15281 17260 1092 1367 1825 2046 3468 5686 10019 10898 12575 13663 14429 15077 1321 1604 2153 2296 2364 7328 7554 7888 9903 10391 10427 15163 1346 2379 2878 5786 6798 7501 11153 11894 12245 12440 13244 16895 240 1276 2457 4404 8038 11188 12037 13089 14099 14497 15895 16362 799 813 2506 3447 4526 7075 9747 13800 14189 14949 15078 15106 988 4928 7720 7814 8950 9006 10522 13788 15213 15671 15755 16432 850 1927 4131 4155 5432 6209 7913 7946 8159 11227 11630 15452 14826 16365 11703 12119 712 13566 3116 11731 7615 15442 1992 5349 221 4010 5696 7888 12867 13468 3483 10904 13985 443 8895 11950 6009 10985 12686 2658 6385 13354 8724 15844 16946 5553 10363 16261 2195 5238 10663 598 14905 15764 1356 4805 10512 1933 5558 9695 2230 7616 10698 1298 2645 10290 4025 8617 14782 9819 10189 16907 1284 4501 8928 10113 10629 17016 947 10255 11116 2798 15081 15460 6519 8395 9415 3112 8471 16950 3533 15619 16970 11279 11872 15206 116 3420 17037 2067 12776 16138 3697 4594 6209 2367 2540 13278 9495 14852 16127 3104 8112 10391 4142 12073 12995 2472 7209 8753 2944 8383 15319 309 4701 8866 4373 9982 15750 716 5906 13071 78 2218 9153 1514 2173 13201 868 7469 8268 377 2499 16002 11512 15110 15766 5883 10040 17274 3100 3283 13572 5509 11243 14059 6640 12508 14361 444 11714 15330 5032 8197 12948 336 6212 11902 3947 10941 12964 1199 6038 15689 1523 3008 8298 1570 9146 17153 13517 15799 16392 10424 12847 14222 2769 4919 5386 5113 9478 12123 7335 13077 13877 1494 3229 10364 4095 4963 12427 1923 3102 6193 8090 8142 16950 12476 14207 15195 9909 13375 16390 4912 13153 15689 5717 11788 15854 2976 5965 14731 5661 11816 15865 2726 6512 9612 570 2062 11845 1359 10196 13672 11719 13691 14355 3858 6418 7492 6563 10020 15506 8583 16473 17261 16339 16680 17098 6215 14625 14945 3988 6352 13238 6996 12116 13959 5139 13712 16488 8647 14367 16382 2382 8015 10853 10204 13362 16750 5576 10259 16953 1980 2806 6075 8358 12635 14776 3453 14575 16909 2035 3301 16459 3497 15047 16762 2570 8801 11073 2661 6265 15068 11856 13537 14066 1325 2346 12514 848 10405 15966 3122 9804 13003 12159 12651 16601 2207 2362 4348 1576 2758 5671 593 8385 17045 2174 6624 10983 2936 3732 7787 1578 7226 8406 1315 1827 13382 1489 2356 10605 3022 10770 14184 160 5972 6797 2911 5113 16931 7977 12445 12476 1367 4594
 13365. 